Easy Homemade Pita Bread
Making homemade bread for many seems a daunting task, it can be difficult depending on what type of bread you choose. I become instantly confused when I read about hydration levels and keeping a starter alive has eluded me. I came upon this recipe for homemade pita on Food52 years ago, saved it but have never made it. The recipe comes from Linda aka Lapadia, a great cook and community member and a trusted and consistent source of delicious recipes. This bread couldn’t be easier, it comes together so easily only has one rise of 2 hours and bakes quickly.n
Homemade pita bread is delicious, you can make this and freeze the bread using only what you need or use. I like to heat directly on my gas burner turning with tongs.
I am bringing these with me to fiesta Friday #175 and guess what I am cohosting this week with Monika @ everyday healthy recipes
Hope you all stop by the party it’s always a good time for all!!
Pita Bread
made 10 pita but depends on the size how any the recipe yields
recipe on Food52 by Lapadia
3 1/4 cups bread flour ( I used 3 cups bread flour and 1/4 cup spelt)
2 1/2 tsp instant yeast
2 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
Mix all ingredients together and gather with your hands into a cohesive ball. Cover with tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
heat oven to 500 degrees. Pita likes a hot oven.
break off pieces of dough and roll into a circle fairly thin approximately 1/4 inch thick. Place on baking sheet and bake until lightly browned and puffed about 8 minutes.
I made a sandwich with homemade black bean veggie burger, micro arugula, pickled vegetables, tomato and thousand island dressing. It was So good, good highly recommend that you try making this bread.
This looks so yummy…pita bread is so delicious for sandwiches!
Thank you so much I love pita and flat bread!!
I love pita bread with curry so much, but it really is for any occasion!
Oh yes it’s wonderful with curry thank you so much ❤️
Soon going to try this recipe Suzanne! And I loved your pita burger sandwich!
Thank you so much. Sonal, I made the veggie burgers last week and froze them they are delicious on the bread, thank you❤️❤️
Oh yum ! This sounds amazing and easy. I have to make this. I have a fear of instant yeast, so let’s hope it does rise even though the weather is not too hot here. Hugs to Percy 🙂 x
I got lazy baking bread because it’s so easy these days to pick up a great loaf or anything else. I love this recipe and will try it soon. Your sandwich looks so good, it shows your love for good food.
Thank you so much Gerlinde. It really is so much easier to buy but honestly this recipe is so easy to make I loved doing it. Have a wonderful weekend!!
You also have a enjoyable weekend
Yummy!
Thank you so much Cheryl, have a great weekend😘😘
You too!
They look perfect!
Thank you so much Mimi❤️
I’ve had a little trouble with home-made Pita and tried it two times. Now I have a trusted recipe! Beautifully done, Suzanne…Love the way that sandwich looks!!
These puffed perfectly. I found that the trick is not to over roll leaving them a little puffy. The bread I rolled really thin did not puff as nicely. Thank you so much!!
Now that is good to know!
The pitas have fluffed so well just as they should. It must have given you so much satisfaction to get them right Suzanne👍🏻⭐️
I was so happy they puffed so nicely. It’s such a great recipe thank you so much Nancy!!❤️
Better home made with the delicious perfume ! Thank you, dear Suzanne )
I am feeling something like … appetite with the view you give !
amitiés et bises – pour un bon week-end – france 🙂
Merci France, Le pain fraîchement cuit a un délicieux arôme. I love baking and especially bread, have a wonderful weekend 😘😘😘😘
As a German I am all into making my own bread, so thanks! This might be a silly question, but what is bread flour, could I make it myself?
Hi Jenny; bread flour is just a stronger flour, higher gluten. You can use regular flour if you don’t have or can’t find bread flour. It will work just fine with regular all purpose flour. Thank you so much.
Ok, gotcha. We have high gluten flour here, too. Thanks!
Yes that’s all bread flour is, stronger flour. Let me know what you think when you make them and thanks so much.
These look perfect! I love making pita bread, but haven’t made it recently, as I tend to eat too much of it too quickly! 🙂
Mine went straight into the freezer I can eat way too much!! Good olive oil, hummus, feta and pita is my favorite thing!! Thank you so much Ronit!!
Freezing it is a good idea! 🙂
Hi Suzanne, nice to meet you and your lovely creative blog! How should we split our Fiesta Friday co-hosting duties? Would you like to comment on the odd numbers and I’ll take the even ones? Or vice versa?
Hi Monika, so nice to meet you as well! Yes I will take the odd numbers was going to contact you today also!!
Great, happy FF:)
Yum! Nothing better than warm, fresh baked bread!
Thank you so much Angela❤️
Looks perfect
Thank you so much Lathiya❤️
I’ve been looking for a recipe for pita bread! I can’t wait to try it. I’ll have to use whole wheat flour – have you made this recipe with whole wheat? The black bean burger sounds wonderful! I’m already hungry just talking about it! 😊
You could use whole wheat flour but may have to add more water. The dough should be soft and a little sticky. I added a little spelt flour. Food 52 has a recipe on their site for whole wheat pita you can go on their and look at it to see what if they do anything differently. It’s a great recipe, I lIke because it’s so easy. Thank you so much!
Looks perfect, Suzanne! Love the sandwich too 🙂
This “fear of making bread” cook thinks she could even pull this off, if she only had time! Lovely pitas, Suzanne!
You make everything look so easy. Your sandwich looks delicious!
That pita bread looks so delicious! I just made a bowl of hummus so these would be the perfect thing to pair with it. And your cutting board is just stunning!!
this looks yummy! I love fresh baked pita bread. I will definitely have to try this out. Thank for sharing!
You sound like my sister…
Vegie Burger…🌷…Happy Saturday
Every now and then I love a veggie burger but I have yet to be able to make one that I love. Trying a recipe for shake shacks mushroom burger this week maybe that will be the one!!
It is awesome, Suzanne! I can fill up my mouth with two without any problem. 🙂 I love it, beautiful pocket! Thanks!
Hi Suzanne– I’ve only ever had packaged pita– and I’m imagining this is a whole other food group!! The picture all stuffed and ready to eat is so inviting!! You are amazing. xox
Beautiful perfect pittas 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow! These pitas look incredibly beautiful! I never made again after I failed for the first time. Thank you for sharing and for co-hosting this week’s FF!
I’ve never made pita bread but I suspect it’s a lot better than the store bought kind. #FF
Suzanne…you were right, this was downright easy to make and the family loved it. The only challenge was that a few got too crisp but we were able to use them for dipping 🙂 Thank you for the lovely recipe and inspiring us to make our own pita…it made my Sunday dinner!!
I am so happy Zeba, it really is easy. You know I had the same thing happen some didn’t puff well and got crisp but they were still good. So happy you made them!! Thank you!!❤️
There’s something wonderfully homey about this, Suzanne — even though I didn’t grow up with pita bread. Any kind of bread and I’m in! Hugs.
Nice, Suzanne! Thanks for cohosting! Take care! XOXO
Those pitas look perfect, and I love that board. Is it one of Michaels?
Nice recipe 🙂
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I haven’t made pita bread in awhile. These are just perfect pockets. I can’t wait to try this recipe out!
This looks delicious. I never tried to make pita bread before. I have to try this sometime!
I love pita bread and yours looks perfect!!
I love pita bread and this looks so good! I’m glad to hear it’s not that hard to make-I’ve always been a little intimidated at the thought of making it!
XOXO to you Suzanne…my old F52er sister from another mother, friend! Just happened to check into my WordPress site, haven’t been there since February. Glanced over at the blog links I have listed and clicked on your link (out of the blue) to see what you have been up to, and then, lo and behold I see your Pita post, I am so happy you have finally gotten around to trying the recipe, they are so fun to make . Love the sandwich you made, love black bean veggie burgers and btw a favorite recipe of one happens to be on F52. Anyway, talk again, hopefully sooner than later…