Grammy's Kitchen · Pita · Homemade Pita Bread
One of 21 pita recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 21 for workability among the pita recipes we compared. 149 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.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 | 76% | 64% |
| fat | 0% | 7% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| total sugar | 0% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 9 g | 1 tablespoon instant yeast |
| 296 g | 1 1/4 cups warm water |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 390 g | 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (see note) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“So I have to admit...I made the dough and I started thinking “no other recipe I found is this fast. Most of them make a giant ball of dough and let it rise for an hour” so I freaked out and made a different recipe but still kept these to the side. The other re” — a cook, 5.0★
“I'm not sure what I did wrong - I doubled the recipe and none of them puffed! I rolled them very evenly and misted the tops with water. They were sticking to the silicone mat and plastic wrap they proofed in, so they were a bit misshapen when I threw them in t” — a cook, 4.0★