Easy Gluten Free Pita Bread | Ready in Under 30 Minutes w/ No Yeast
Make this gluten free pita bread to use for sandwiches, dipping, and more. This gf pita bread recipe takes less than 30 minutes to prepare with no yeast.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cupsall purpose gluten free flour blend
- 1 teaspoonxanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it
- ¼ cupexpandex modified tapioca starch ((see recipe notes
- 1 ½ teaspoonsbaking powder
- 1 teaspoonkosher salt
- 1 tablespoonneutral oil ((like vegetable, canola or grapeseed
- 1egg (at room temperature
- 1egg white (at room temperature
- ¾ cupmilk (at room temperature
Directions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400°F. If you have a pizza stone, place it in the oven while the oven preheats. If not, use an overturned rimmed baking sheet
- 2
In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or the bowl of your food processor fitted with the steel blade), place the flour, xanthan gum, Expandex, baking powder and salt. Mix (or pulse) to combine.
- 3
To the dry ingredients, add the oil and then the eggs and milk and beat (or process) the dough until it is very well-combined and parts begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl (about 2 minutes). The dough should be thick and tacky to the touch.
- 4
Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface, and sprinkle it very lightly with more flour. Using a bench scraper or sharp knife, divide the dough into 8 equal parts.
- 5
Roll each into a ball by rotating it in a circular motion on a very lightly floured flat surface. Pat each ball into a disk and then, using a rolling pin and flouring the round very lightly to prevent sticking, roll it out into a round a bit less than 1/4-inch thick.
- 6
Place the disks about 1-inch apart on a piece of unbleached parchment paper. Place the disks on the parchment in the oven (on top of the baking stone or overturned baking sheet) and allow to bake for 2 minutes.
- 7
Working quickly, open the oven and invert the pitas. Allow them to bake for 1 minute and then re-invert and bake until puffed and very pale golden on top (another minute).
- 8
Remove the pitas from the oven, and allow to cool for about 3 minutes, or until they can be handled. Slice each round in half through the center. With a very sharp knife, gently coax open the center of each pita half. Serve warm or at room temperature.