It's a Pita!

Today I went to make lunch, and realized that the new pita's I bought about two weeks ago (I say new because they were unopened) were all moldy!  Very sad.  I've been meaning to try making pita bread for weeks, so I decided to roll up my sleeve and just do it!  I found a simple recipe at cooks.com called Homemade Pita Bread.  It only has four ingredients:  yeast, warm water, flour, and salt.

It was easy to put together.  I am learning to not be afraid of yeast.  I have not had luck with it in the past, but I would love to be able to make my own breads! 

I wasn't sure if I kneaded them enough, and I was worried because they didn't seem to be rising under the towel like I thought they would.  Here are four or my six pitas pre-baking.







I was so excited to find that they puffed up!  Here are my first two post-baking pitas.

I wanted to take a picture of a couple in the oven, but I have a feeling that they didn't puff up well because I opened the oven.  Here's a tip:  DON'T OPEN THE OVEN!!!  Of course, I was the one as a kid who kept cupcakes from baking up well because I was playing the piano too loudly...

Yes, those are on my baking sheet upside down, per a tip I found online.

And here are my pita breads!  I hope they taste good...they were so easy to make!

Enjoy!

Emily