Homemade Whole Wheat Pita Bread,

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Homemade Whole Wheat Pita Bread,

Homemade Whole Wheat Pita Bread, an easy recipe for fluffy and soft pita made with simple pantry ingredients. Vegan Recipe.

Prep Time40

Cook Time5

Total Time45

Course: Appetizer, Appetizers and Sides, bread, Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet, Vegan, vegetarian

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Servings:

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups All Purpose Flour
1½ cups Whole Wheat Flour
2¼ tsp Instant Yeast
1 tsp Salt.
1 tbsp Honey. --Granular sugar can be used for a vegan version.
2 tbsp Olive Oil --Extra virgin olive oil gives this bread an authentic flavor softness, and moisture to the dough while helping create a tender texture.
1¼ cups Warm Water --- Should be no more that 115°F/46 C.

Instructions

Dough. In a large bowl, us a whisk or spoon to combine together the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, instant yeast, salt, and sugar. Then make a well in the center of the mixture and add the warm water and olive oil. Continue to mix the ingredients until the dough becomes sticky to touch. Then allow the dough to rest for five to 10 minutes for the water to to absorb and the gluten to relax.
Knead While the dough is sitting you can prepare a clean workspace that is lightly dusted with flour to use for kneading. You will also need a clean bowl that is well greased. Turn the dough out onto your floured surface and knead for five to seven minutes until the dough is smooth and soft. The dough should be very wet so avoid adding too much extra flour. I like to use a stretch and fold style of kneading rather than trying to work the dough with your whole hand. Alternatively, you can use a stand mixer with a dough hook for this step.
Rise. Transfer the dough to your prepared greased bowl, cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise until 2.5-3x the size, about 1 hour depending on temperature in your room.
Prepare. Preheat your oven to 450°F/230 C. Place a heavy baking sheet in the oven to heat while the oven preheats. Meanwhile, place the dough on a clean lightly floured workspace and divide the dough into eight pieces. With each piece, roll the dough between your palms to form a ball. Set aside to rest for five to seven minutes covered with a cloth so the gluten relaxes.
Roll Out On a clean and well-floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out each piece into an 8”/20cm circle slightly more than ¼”/6mm thick. Then rest the formed pitas for 10 minutes.
Bake Carefully place the pita bread on to the warmed baking sheet about two inches apart from one another so that they will have enough room to to puff properly. You will most likely have to bake two to three pitas at a time. Bake the pita rounds for two to four minutes or until they are puffed and lightly golden in color. Remove the baked pitas immediately and place a new batch into the oven. Once removed from the oven the pitas will collapse, but will still have the pocket inside when cut open. You can cover the baked pita bread with a clean kitchen towel to keep them soft.

Recipe Notes

*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe.

Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

To make this recipe fully vegan, please make sure that you are using fully vegan ingredients.
See Foodwineandlove.com for details on this recipe.

originally posted:

August 24, 2026

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Nutrition

Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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