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Homemade Pita Bread Recipe

natashaskitchen.com · 2021 · 8 pita breads

Against 93 pita recipes

More oil than 87% of recipes and more salt than 90%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 93 pita recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More oil than 87% of recipes: 7.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.3%.
  • More salt than 90% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
  • More yeast than 78% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Water: 69%, 62nd percentileOil: 7.9%, 88th percentileSugar: 0.6%, 40th percentileSalt: 2.6%, 91st percentileYeast: 2%, 82nd percentileWaterOilSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 1 cup warm water≈ 237 g
  • 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast (1 packet)≈ 7 g
  • 1/2 tsp sugar≈ 2.1 g
  • 1/4 cup whole wheat flour≈ 32 g
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (plus another 1 tsp to oil the bowl)≈ 27 g
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plus more to dust, measured correctly)≈ 313 g
  • 1 1/2 tsp fine sea salt≈ 9 g

flour 345 gbatter 627 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 93 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water69% · 62nd percentile
  • Oil7.9% · 88th percentile
  • Sugar0.6% · 40th percentile
  • Salt2.6% · 91st percentile
  • Yeast2% · 82nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
500°F / 260°C
median 475°F
Time
10 minutes
median 14 minutes

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