Homemade Pita Bread!

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup warm water
1 tablespoon yeast
3 -3 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salr
2 tbsp olive oil

In medium mixing bowl combine yeast and warm water, whisk - let sit for 5 mins till yeast dissolves.

In small mixing bowl combine 1 cup flour and salt.

Add that to the yeast mixture, stir until flour gets worked in.
add flour cup at a time till well mixed, flour needs to remain a little moist.
Turn out onto floured surface and knead until elasticy.
Roll into ball - elongate a little and then divide into 6 pieces.
take each of those 6 pieces and roll into round ball.



Then take one ball at a time and with rolling pin - roll out into a 8 inch diameter

Now put each dough disc on a oiled cookie sheet, brush with olive oil and let rest/rise for 30-40 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425. Cook 9 minutes. (i check at 7 mins.)
Should start to raise, once out of the oven - let cool and then cut in half and use knife to cut open the pocket more.