If you’re looking to cut down on eating white loaf bread, or just fancy something different from a sandwich or wrap, pita bread is the option.
Making pita bread is such an easy thing to do as well.
It’s so easy you can just let the kids get on (apart from the oven bit).
It doesn’t take long to get everything ready and once your dough has risen, you can either make the lot in one go or keep the dough in the fridge until you need to use it.
At that point, you might just want to take off enough to cook one or two at a time, instead of making the whole batch.
I suppose it just depends on how hungry you are :)
Watch it rise
The best thing about making your own pit bread at home?
Watching it rise!
Pita bread is very thin so it doesn’t take too long to cook at all – I’m talking 3 minutes after it’s been popped in the oven!
Because of this, it’s great fun to sit down on the kitchen floor in front of the oven (guilty! although I do sit on a cushion!) and watch the pita bread bubble up.
While it costs a bit more to buy all the basic ingredients upfront when you’ve got it all you’ll be able to make loads.
It works out to around just 20p to make a batch of tasty warm pita bread from home.
They won’t disappoint and you won’t want to buy store-bought again!
Pita bread recipe
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Ingredients
- 300g plain flour
- 1tsp dried yeast
- 1tsp salt
- 1tsp sugar
- 175ml warm water
Instructions
- Add the yeast, sugar, salt and water in a jug and mix until it dissolves.
- Cover with cling film for around 15 minutes.
- Mix the flour together with the yeast water.
- When combined, knead for 5 minutes.
- Place in a bowl and cover with cling film for one hour so it can double in size.
- Flour the side slightly and divide the risen ball into 8.
- Flatten and roll each pita bread out.
- Bake in a hot oven at 220’C for 3 minutes as they bubble.
If you don’t have the oven hot enough the pita bread won’t puff out, so please make sure it’s fully heated.
They’re perfectly fine to eat straight away, but freeze ok if you need to use them any later.
And, for any you don’t eat before they start going a little hard there are ways to save them!
If you don’t have any flour, here’s how to make flour from oats.
Either break them up into bits and use them as breadcrumbs or why not try a pita bread pizza which is an absolute winner in the Skint household!
Another favourite is our lamb kofta recipe in pita bread – it’s delicious!
Quick and Easy Pita Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 300g plain flour
- 1tsp dried yeast
- 1tsp salt
- 1tsp sugar
- 175ml warm water
Instructions
- Add the yeast, sugar, salt and water in a jug and mix until it dissolves.
- Cover with cling film for around 15 minutes.
- Mix the flour together with the yeast water.
- When combined, knead for 5 minutes.
- Place in a bowl and cover with cling film for one hour so it can double in size.
- Flour the side slightly and divide the risen ball into 8.
- Flatten and roll each pita bread out.
- Bake in a hot oven at 220 'C for 3 minutes as they bubble.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 140Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 293mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 4g
Nutritional information on skintdad.co.uk should only be used as a general guideline, I am not a certified nutritionist. Please always check labels for allergens where applicable.
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