Soft Baked Pita Bread - For Sandwiches and Burgers

How to prepare soft baked pita bread - for sandwiches and burgers

1. Gently warm the milk and add the butter cubes. Stir until the butter melts. Add the warm water, sugar, and yeast. Mix well.
2. Add the flour on top, then the salt. Knead the dough by hand just until the flour is completely absorbed.
3. Then transfer the dough to a stand mixer or bread machine and knead for 5 minutes (or one cycle in the bread machine). The dough will be soft, elastic, but not sticky at all.
4. Place the dough in a bowl greased with oil, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place (26-30C; I put it in the oven heated to 30C) for 1 hour.
5. Turn out the dough onto the work surface. No flour is needed, the dough isn't sticky and works easily. Divide it into 7 equal pieces and shape them into balls.
6. Dust a little flour over the formed balls. It's easy if you use a tea strainer.
8. Take each ball, place a bag or plastic wrap over it, and then press the ball flat using the flat bottom of a plate.
9. Transfer the formed pitas to a baking tray covered with parchment paper. Put the tray in a bag and let rise in a warm place for another 1 hour.
10. Preheat the oven to 200C and bake the pitas for 20 minutes (with browning function if you have one, otherwise use top and bottom heat). If at the end the pitas are too pale, turn on the grill at 200C and leave for a few minutes to get color. Always watch while the pitas are under the grill so they don't burn.
11. Let the pitas cool in the tray for 10 minutes after removing them, then transfer to a platter and cover with a towel until completely cooled. Store covered or in a bag. They stay good and soft for 3 days.

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