Quick & Easy Pita Bread - A Virtual Vegan

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Quick & Easy Pita Bread Make your own so & delicious pita bread. These puffy li le pillows are ready from start to finish in less than 1 hour & taste so much be er than store bought varie es! Course Recipe Type

Baked Goods vegan

Prep Time Cook Time

15 minutes 6 minutes

Servings Calories Author

8 individual pita breads 235 kcal Melanie McDonald

Ingredients 325g | 2 cups wholewheat flour 165g | 1 cup all purpose flour 2.5 teaspoons instant yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil 405mls | 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons lukewarm water

Instruc ons 1. Add all the dry ingredients to a large bowl, making sure to keep the salt on the opposite side to the yeast. 2. Add the olive oil and enough of the water to make a firm dough. I used 405 mls of water. You might not need all of it or you might need a few drops more. It depends on the flour you are using, humidity etc. 3. S r well with a spatula un l the flour is absorbed and you have a shaggy dough. 4. If the mixture looks a li le dry add a few more drops of water very gradually. 5. Scrape your mixture onto a clean and dry surface. If you think you will find kneading like this difficult then grease your surface and your hands with some olive oil. This will make it easier to handle. Try not to use more flour to knead on or add more flour during the process. If you do you risk your pita bread becoming dense and tough. 6. Start kneading. If you are not experienced in kneading dough I recommend you watch a video of how to knead to help perfect your technique. You will need to knead for 7 ‐ 10 minutes. Your dough will start out a li le bit s cky but the more you knead the smoother and less s cky it will become. The dough is firm so quite hard to knead. That is normal. Keep going un l it feels smooth and when it is in a ball shape and you squeeze it together on each side, it bounces slowly back to shape when you let go. 7. Divide your dough into 8 pieces. 8. Roll each piece out into a circle or oval shape about 3mm thick. 9. Place on a lightly floured baking sheet (you will probably need 2 baking sheets ) and cover gently with clean, damp dish towels. 10. Leave to rest for 30 minutes. 11. Preheat your oven to 500 degrees F whilst you are wai ng. 12. A er 30 minutes uncover your pitas and gently flip each one over. You will need to peel them off the tray but this should be pre y easy to do because of the flour underneath. 13. Place into the hot oven and watch through the door (it's entertaining ;o) 14. Bake for 5 ‐ 6 minutes. They will have puffed up nicely but not be coloured at all.

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15. When you remove from the oven they may feel a li le hard but cover with a dish towel and leave to cool and they will so en up.

Recipe Notes These Quick & Easy Pita Breads keep well for a couple of days but can also be frozen. Place in a freezer bag and seal ghtly. They do not s ck together and it is easy to just pull one or two out as they are needed. You can either let them defrost if you want to eat them cold or pop them straight in the oven from frozen on 350 for about 5 minutes or un l they are warm through. The salt in this recipe is op onal. It will not affect the recipe if you omit it but it will affect the flavour a li le. The oil in this recipe is op onal. If you omit it then add an extra tablespoon of water to compensate. If you are not worried about the fat content or calories then please add the oil as you will get a so er result. If you do not add the oil the recipe will work just fine but the pita bread won’t be quite as so and will stale slightly quicker than it would if it had oil in it. Because of this if you don’t add the oil and you won’t eat them all on the day or day a er they are baked then keep them in the freezer as per my note above.

Nutrition Facts Quick & Easy Pita Bread

Amount Per Serving (1 pita bread)

Calories 235

Calories from Fat 23

Total Fat 2.5g Sodium 290mg Total Carbohydrates 44g Dietary Fiber 6.5g Protein 9g Calcium Iron

% Daily Value* 4% 12% 15% 26% 18% 2% 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.