Pita / Flat Bread ( Whole wheat)

I confess...I am bread lover!! I think my passion and love for baking began with breads than desserts. I have always love bread of any kind or style and a home made one is even better so its not surprising that I love to make these pitas at home just because they are so tasty and so easy to bake...what more can I say!

So lets learn a little bit about Pita bread...as far as I know Pitta Bread is consumed in many Arab and countries and most countries that have the Arab influence such as Algeria, Morocco as well and the Balkan countries although they may differ a bit in preparations. It is also widely consume in Turkey as welll and as per Wikipedia the following are their findings  ;

The word has been borrowed by Turkish as pide,^[9] and appears in the Balkan languages as Serbo-Croatian pita, Romanian pită, Albanian pite, Bulgarian pitka. InArabic, the phrase "خبز البيتا" (pita bread) is sometimes used; other names are simply "خبز" 'bread', "الخبز العربي" 'Arab bread' and "خبز لبناني" 'Lebanese bread

Well there's nothing much to be stressed about this simple yet delicious bread I have it in my home almost every day its perfect for sandwiches, pita pockets , you can toast and make pita chips etc.

Recipe:

1 cup all purpose flour

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 tspn yeast

1 1/2 tspn salt

2 tspn sugar

1/1/4 cup warm water

2 Tbls olive oil

Method:

In a mixing bowl , place all the dry ingredients then add the water and olive oil and knead (dough attachment)  for about 5 mins. ( If you are not using a you can the same result, after the mixture is well combined, you will knead for about 5 mins)

After kneading place the dough in a bowl that has been rubbed with olive oil or any oil to allow the dough to rise without sticking in the bowl. Cover it and let it rise for about an hour or double the size

Once it has risen. punch it down and divide and cut into 6 to 8 portions depending on the size you like.

Shape into small balls and keep it in a tray cover it and let it rise for the second time

Heat the oven to 450F

Sprinke some flour on the flat surface and place one ball (dough) and roll into a medium size cirlce , with about 1/8cm thickness

Place the bread into a baking tray and bake it for about 5/6 minutes. Serve warm or room temperature.

If you have any left overs , put it in freezer bag tightly closed.