Grammy's Kitchen · Pita · Homemade Pita Bread
One of 21 pita recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #2 of 21 for rise among the pita recipes we compared. 16 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 21.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 74% | 64% |
| fat | 4% | 7% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| yeast | 1% | 2% |
| total sugar | 2% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 266 g | 1 1/8 cup warm water (270ml, $0.00) |
| 5 g | 1 1/2 tsp instant yeast (5g, $0.24) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar (6g, $0.01) |
| 14 g | 1 Tbsp olive oil (15ml, $0.17) |
| 60 g | 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (60g, $0.16) |
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (300g, $0.32) |
| 5 g | 1 tsp salt (5g, $0.04) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is one of the best and easiest recipes on this whole site, and that's saying something! I cannot buy traditional pita bread anywhere in my local area--everything in the 3 main supermarkets is pricked to keep it from turning into "pocket" bread, and signif” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hi! I’ve been making this pita bread for several years and realized I’ve not left a comment to thank you! This is my go-to pita recipe. It’s soooo good! At the beginning my pitas didn’t puff up consistently so if anyone else is having that problem, after your ” — a cook, 5.0★