Pita Bread

Ingredients
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar or honey
2-1/4 tsp yeast
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups water, roughly at room temperature
2 tablespoons olive oil, vegetable oil, or butter

Preheat oven 450 degrees F
Mix the yeast in with the flour, salt, and sugar.
Add the oil or butter and 1 1/4 cup water and stir together with a wooden spoon.
If some of the flour will not stick to the ball, add more water.
Knead dough approximately 10 minutes.
Place dough in a bowl that has been lightly coated with oil, cover the bowl with a damp kitchen towel and set aside to rise until it has doubled in size, approximately 90 minutes.
When it has doubled in size, punch the dough down to release some of the trapped gases and divide it into 8 pieces.
Roll each piece into a ball, cover the balls with a damp kitchen towel, and let them rest for 20 minutes.
After dough has relaxed for 20 minutes, roll it out to between 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick - 6 inches in diameter.
Place pitas on lightly greased baking sheet (I use my baking stone) and let rise uncovered until barely doubled in thickness, 30-45 mins.
Place in oven 450 degree, pitas should be baked through and puffy after 3 minutes.

Yield: 8 pitas

Comments:
Key to making pita is: do not roll them too thin, otherwise they won't rise in oven. If to thin then you can't slice them open to stuff with your likings.