It’s very simpe to make your own pita breads. They will taste so much better than those prefabricated ones you buy in the supermarket. And if you’re really in a hurry: you can put both the dough as the breads in the freezer!

Ingredients:

• 400 grams / 14 oz. flour
• ¼ litre / 8 ½ oz. lukewarm water (about 40 °C / 104 °F)
• 4 grams / 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients in the order listed in the baking tin and select the ‘dough’ programme. When the program has ended, leave the dough in the tin for another half hour to allow it to rise properly. After that, remove the dough from the tin and divide it into 12 equal little balls. Roll these out on a flour-covered working space until you have small pancake like patties with a diameter of about 12 cm or 5 inches.
   Find the middle of each pattie and make a cut with a knife from the centre to the side. You’ll be able to roll up the pattie in the shape of a cone. Put the cone upright on your workspace, with the base sitting on your counter. Press it to a flat pattie again with your flat hand. Roll it out again in the shape of a flat little breat AT ONLY ONE SIDE! This way you create an air pocket in the middle of a bread.
2. Grease a baking plate and put the breads on it. Allow the breads to rise for another 10-15 minute, covered with a towel.
3. Bake the breads in a preheated oven of 220 °C / 425°F / gas oven mark 7 (if you have a convection oven, subtract 10% from the temperature). You can put a small bowl filled with water in the oven together with the bread during baking to avoid scorching.

Like I said, pita breads can be frozen. Make sure to use good quality freezer bags, to avoid freezer burn.