Grammy's Kitchen · Pita · Homemade Pita Bread

One of 21 pita recipes we measured

Homemade Pita Bread

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★.

hands-on25m
waiting1.0 hr
makes8
each$0.07
kcal193
levelintermediate
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 21.

this recipe typical
liquid74%64%
fat4%7%
salt1%2%
yeast1%2%
total sugar2%2%
flour strength1.01.0

Where it stands out

  • #2 of 21 for rise
  • #5 of 21 for crust crispness
  • #19 of 21 for flavour depth

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

266 g1 1/8 cup warm water (270ml, $0.00)
5 g1 1/2 tsp instant yeast (5g, $0.24)
6 g1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar (6g, $0.01)
14 g1 Tbsp olive oil (15ml, $0.17)
60 g1/2 cup whole wheat flour (60g, $0.16)
300 g2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (300g, $0.32)
5 g1 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★
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