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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 20 minutes, Preparation Time - 30 minutes

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| 1. Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. | 2. Combine the all-purpose flour, pastry flour and salt in a bowl. Stir in the yeast mixture and applesauce and knead. Dough shouldn't be sticky, but it shouldn't be dry either. If too sticky add 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour till you get the right consistency. If too dry, add 1 tablespoons of water at a time till you get the right consistency. | 3. Roll out into a rope and cut into 8 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball and roll out till it's anywhere from a 6 to 8 inch circle | 4. There are two ways to cook pita bread. The flavor is a bit different with both.<BR> To Bake Pita:<BR> Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) and put a pita on a wire cake rack. Toss in the rack and cook for 3 minutes or until the bread stops puffing up. When you take it out, smash down the pita (Careful, its hot!) and quickly put it in a plastic freezer bag.<BR> To Fry Pita:<BR> Heat olive oil in a skillet over high heat. When almost smoking, place a pita in the pan and cook for a few minutes on each side, till brown spots begin to appear. It should look something like a tortilla when you're done. Put in a plastic bag once it has cooled a bit. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
pastry flour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
active yeast	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
applesauce	1	tablespoon		6.405	1.7187	0.0259	0.0152
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white sugar	1 1/2	teaspoons		24.381	6.2987	0.0	0.0
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.