Pita

So I made pita. My brother told me to post the recipe. Here 'tis! This makes enough for, shit I don't know, 10-12? It kinda depends on how big you roll em out. So anyway, here's a basic recipe for Pita bread.
1& 1/4 cups water at 110-115 deg F
2 cups of All Purpose flour
2 cups of bread flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 & 1/2 teaspoons of salt.

Step 1: The dough
Add the yeast to the water in a big ass mixing bowl. Let is hydrate for a few minutes, then add the combined dry ingredients into the water, mixing with either a wooden spoon, or that crazy flour mixing wand I showed earlier. Mix this until it's a rough dough and all the ingredients are incorporated. Now let this sit for at least 2o minutes. This rest period is called "Autolyse" by bakers. It helps hydrate the flour and thus make a smoother dough once it's kneaded. After this has rested, slap that bitch onto a cutting board. Now knead it for 10-15 minutes until it's smooth and, uhh, smooth. Put this into a lightly greased bowl, cover and let dough double, probably between 1&1/2 to 2 hours. Maybe less if it's hot out.

Step 2: The dough, again
Now that the thingy has doubled, slap the mofo onto your cutting board again and cut it into 10-12 balls. Let them rest for a while, like 10-15 min, then as your oven's heating up to 450 deg F, start rolling. Roll them into flat discs about 5-6 in across, and this will make a decent size pita for, uh, pita. Once they're all rolled out next comes"

Step 3: The baking
Onto a preheated baking sheet from a preheated 450 degree F oven, slap 2 pitas and cook them 1 & 1/2 minutes a side. The first side won't look like much is happening, they'll just start to rise a little bit and blister. Once they're flipped is when they puff up. So flip em after 1.5 minutes, and bake on the other side until they puff up and stop. This is usually between 1.5 an 2 minutes. Don't let them get toasted, or they'll get crisp and worthless for, uh, pita. Here's a picture of the 2 I have left after Tricia and I ate most of them. Mostly me, I think.















Barely brown!
Of course, since I was obsessing about making my own pita I also made my own hummus and falafel.
The Hummus: good
The falafel: Meh
More on Falafel later.