{"id":10145,"date":"2016-03-23T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=10145"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T22:08:12","slug":"pita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/pita\/","title":{"rendered":"Pita &#8211; Middle Eastern Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pita.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10150\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium aiif10150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pita.png\" alt=\"pita\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 C AP white flour<\/li>\n<li>1 C whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL salt<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL sugar (for flour)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp sugar (for yeast)<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL yeast<\/li>\n<li>2 C very warm (not hot) water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix 1 tsp sugar, yeast and half of your water in a small bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Set aside to bubble 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Mix flour, salt and 2 TBL sugar in a large bowl<\/li>\n<li>Stir yeast mixture into flour<\/li>\n<li>Add more water to flour to form a soft dough that is slightly sticky<\/li>\n<li>Pour dough into a floured surface<\/li>\n<li>Knead about 10 minutes adding more flour to the surface as necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Dough ball should be smooth and should bounce back when you press a finger into it.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly oil top of dough and let rest until doubled in size (about 60-90 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Punch dough a few times to get rid of built up air bubbles inside<\/li>\n<li>Divide into half, then half again &#8211; You should now have four pieces<\/li>\n<li>Divide each piece into thirds &#8211; You should now have twelve pieces<\/li>\n<li>Form each into a smooth ball, cover and let stand about 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Roll into 8 inch rounds about 1\/8 inch thick<br \/>\n&#8211; For a more authentic ekmek, flatten it with your hands and then pound it with your finger tips until flattened<\/li>\n<li>Place on ungreased pan at 450\u00ba for 8-10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>These will puff up and the center should be hollow.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 C AP white flour 1 C whole wheat flour 1 TBL salt 2 TBL sugar (for flour) 1 tsp sugar (for yeast) 1 TBL yeast 2 C very warm (not hot) water Mix 1 tsp sugar, yeast and half of your water in a small bowl. Set aside to bubble 10 minutes Mix flour, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/pita\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pita &#8211; Middle Eastern Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-starch","category-world-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10145"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18263,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10145\/revisions\/18263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}