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Ingredients

1 ⅛ cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

Nutrition Info

191.1 calories carbohydrate: 36.8 g cholesterol: : - fat: 2.2 g fiber: 1.4 g protein: 5.1 g saturatedFat: 0.3 g servingSize: - sodium: 293 mg sugar: 0.9 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Place all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Dough setting and start. When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each into a smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Place 2 or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack. Place cake rack directly on oven rack. Bake pitas 4 to 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas a softened, either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for 1 or 2 months.

8 pitas

It's easy to make homemade pita-style bread in your own oven using this easy-to-follow recipe.