Whole Wheat Pita Bread

My wife bought a giant tub of roasted garlic hummus. Which is good, don't get me wrong. The problem was I did not have anything besides carrots to eat it with. So I decided to make some pita. Since we had some whole wheat flour I opted for that. This stuff is incredibly easy to make and damn tasty.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon honey ( 2 or 3 good squeezes of the bear)
• 2 cups wheat flour
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon olive oil

Throwing It Together

Mix the water, yeast and honey together stir until dissolved. Let rest for 10-15 minutes. The mixture should look nice and frothy.










Meanwhile, combine the two flours and salt in a large bowl. Stir them together and make a small depression in the bottom of it. Should look like a crater.










Slowly pour the water mixture into the crater and mix with a spoon or any other tool that's not a whisk. Lightly flour an area and slap the dough on it. Knead for about 10-15 minutes. The ball should be smooth, elastic and not sticky.










Grab another large bowl, coat it with the olive oil. Make sure when you put the dough in the bowl, you roll it around to coat it. Cover it with a clean towel and let it rest for 3 hours in a warm area. The dough should double in size.



















Once doubled roll it out in a rope. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Make sure the rack is at the lowest point in the oven. Pinch off 10-12 similar sized chunks. Roll these into a ball and let stand covered for 10 minutes or so.










Roll out the dough balls until they are about 1/4 of an inch thick.
Bake away! About 3 minutes then flip and bake about another minute. All ovens are diffrent so if the pitas are too crunchy reduce the time slightly.










The pita should puff up nicely. When you remove it from the oven smash the pocket down and let cool. Enjoy.