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Put flour, yeast, salt, and sugar into bowl.
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Mix, then add oil and warm water.
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Mix with spoon or spatula until you can form dough into a ball.
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Dough should be a little moist but not super sticky.
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Add a little water at a time if needed.
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If you add too much, mix in more flour.
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When you have a knead-able dough, dust a surface with flour.
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Remove dough from bowl and knead for about 5 minutes with palm of hand.
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You want to form a smooth ball like this :) When finished, grease a large bowl with a little oil, and put ball of dough in.
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Cover with wrap and let rise for about one hour in a warm spot until fluffy, about double in size.
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Preheat oven to 500F/260C.
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Meanwhile, remove puffy dough from bowl, squish out air, forming into a ball again.
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Separate into three even pieces.
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Roll out into about 5-inch/12-cm rounds on a floured surface.
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Lay out a baking sheet or lightly grease your baking pan.
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Lay out pitas on pan and let rest for 15 minutes, uncovered.
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Make sure your oven has had plenty of time to preheat; you want it hot!
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Put pitas on bottom rack (if you have one) and bake for 5-6 minutes.
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They should puff up, if not, let bake an extra minute.
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(if they don't puff up, the oven wasn't hot enough)
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Move pitas to the top or middle rack of oven and bake another two minutes to brown.
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Wrap in a kitchen cloth to keep soft until serving.
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Pitas are perhaps best filled with plenty of falafel ;) I have some recipes for falafel posted in the story section above!
