2 1/2c warm water
2 Tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons sugar
3 1/2 c all purpose flour
2c whole wheat flour
2/3c gluten
3 teaspoons yeast
Place warm water in a bowl. Add yeast and let dissolve for about 5 minutes. Add oil, sugar, salt, gluten and the 2 cups of whole wheat flour. Mix well. Add in as much of the remaining white flour as you can by hand. Then turn out onto a well floured counter and knead in as much of the remaining flour as possible, approximately 6-8 minutes.
Place dough is greased bowl, turning once to grease top of bread. Cover with a towel and place in a warm place for about 1 hour or until double in size.
Punch down dough and divide into 16 equal pieces. Roll each piece out into about a 6” circle. Cover with a towel and let rise another 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place to of the pitas on a wire rack lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 4-5 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately wrap pitas in a damp tea towel to soften. Continue to cook the rest of the pitas.
Remove the tea towel from first set of pitas and set them on a wire rack to finish cooling. Wrap tea towel around next set that comes out. Continue this pattern until all pitas are cooked.
This recipe can be easily cut in half, but if your family is like mine they will devour them so quickly and you’ll wish you made more!
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