Pita Bread
tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2025 · 8 pitas
Against 93 pita recipes
More water than 95% of recipes and more yeast than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 93 pita recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 95% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More yeast than 90% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (6)
- 1 cup warm water ((237g))237 g
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast ((1 packet)*)≈ 7 g
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil≈ 14 g
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ((281g))281 g
flour 281 gbatter 549 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.
- Water84% · 96th percentile · median 63%
- Oil4.8% · 52nd percentile · median 4.3%
- Sugar1.5% · 68th percentile · median 0.8%
- Salt2.1% · 73rd percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast2.5% · 91st percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 475°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 14 minutes
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