Easy way to make bread or pita bread?

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Hey ya peeps! Heres something I googled from Cooks.com BUT Im hoping to find some recipes from yall that might be easier? I dont really have hours in a day to wait on the yeast to rise or whatever. I went to an iraqi families home last year and the mother was making something like pita bread and she already had the ingredients in and was rolling them out, plus she didnt speak english so I couldnt really ask what was the ingredients for hers. Anyone got an easy idea for either bread Egyptian style or pita bread that wouldnt require 3-5 hours of waiting?? thanks! -Tamara

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ARABIC BREAD

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5 lb. all purpose flour

2 env. dry yeast

5 c. lukewarm water, approximately

2 tbsp. salt

1/2 tsp. sugar; optional

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water. Set aside. Add

sugar at this point.

In a large pan mix flour and salt. Add yeast mixture.

Gradually add the water, mixing and kneading until dough is

smooth. (This dough has to be firm enough to roll with a

rolling pin.) Cover with a towel and put in a warm place

for 1-2 hours or until the dough rises.

Cut dough into sections the size of an orange. Form balls by

tucking the dough underneath the make the round and smooth.

Let rest for 30 minutes between the towels.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out balls to 7 inch

diameter. Let rise for 1 hour covered with cloth. Preheat

oven to 450-500 degrees. Then bake 5-10 minutes until

bottom is light brown. Broil top for 1/2 minute until light

brown.

Makes 20-24 loaves of Arabic Bread.

[JeanneVictoria 55]

Tam, love the new name!!

Sorry, don't know much about making Arabic bread.

Edited October 16, 2009 by JeanneVictoria

[MrsAmera 41]

Not sure what Egyptian bread is like but here's my recipe(s) for Moroccan bread(s)

http://marocmama.blogspot.com/search/label/Breads

[illnevergetthis 5]

I made pita bread....once.

While I was waiting on the bread, I ran errands. I decided that I would not do it again, since I could buy a bag of bread for a buck...

[Ihavequestions 419]

Makes 20-24 loaves of Arabic Bread.

Isn't Arabic a language?

Tamara, I don't think that's the recipe you want because Egyptian bread isn't raised right before it's baked. Maybe, and I don't know for sure, earlier in the process but definately not right before it goes into the oven. Balls of dough are torn off of a bigger piece, rolled, tossed, pushed around so they're round and flat, then baked immediately.

I don't know which recipe you want, but I know this isn't it.

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

If you're making yeast bread there is no way to get around waiting for it to rise. You might make big batches of it on the weekend in the morning and then run errands while it rises. Otherwise, it is better to just buy it. I've been making lots of bread at home lately from pizza dough to Hamish bread to fry bread with varying levels of success. The fry bread is the only thing that always turns out right. My Hamish bread and pizza dough are rather fickle though. Apparently, if you look at the dough funny or your husband happens to fart while it is rising it just won't come out right.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Well, Adam actually mentioned to me something about yeast, so I googled this but yah IHQ this wasnt the recipe I really wanted but Im not sure what the right one really is. Im kinda winging it off of what Adam is describing to me. I will see if he has a name for it.

IHQ, do you have the recipe for what you just told me??

Edited October 16, 2009 by ~PalmTreeGurl~

[Ihavequestions 419]

Well, Adam actually mentioned to me something about yeast, so I googled this but yah IHQ this wasnt the recipe I really wanted but Im not sure what the right one really is. Im kinda winging it off of what Adam is describing to me. I will see if he has a name for it.

IHQ, do you have the recipe for what you just told me??

I don't have a recipe. I spent a lot of time watching while I waited for the bread to bake in a huge blast furnace oven. There is definately a name for it, I just don't remember it.

[TracyHamza 1]

Hey ya peeps! Heres something I googled from Cooks.com BUT Im hoping to find some recipes from yall that might be easier? I dont really have hours in a day to wait on the yeast to rise or whatever. I went to an iraqi families home last year and the mother was making something like pita bread and she already had the ingredients in and was rolling them out, plus she didnt speak english so I couldnt really ask what was the ingredients for hers. Anyone got an easy idea for either bread Egyptian style or pita bread that wouldnt require 3-5 hours of waiting?? thanks! -Tamara

------------

ARABIC BREAD

------------

5 lb. all purpose flour

2 env. dry yeast

5 c. lukewarm water, approximately

2 tbsp. salt

1/2 tsp. sugar; optional

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water. Set aside. Add

sugar at this point.

In a large pan mix flour and salt. Add yeast mixture.

Gradually add the water, mixing and kneading until dough is

smooth. (This dough has to be firm enough to roll with a

rolling pin.) Cover with a towel and put in a warm place

for 1-2 hours or until the dough rises.

Cut dough into sections the size of an orange. Form balls by

tucking the dough underneath the make the round and smooth.

Let rest for 30 minutes between the towels.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out balls to 7 inch

diameter. Let rise for 1 hour covered with cloth. Preheat

oven to 450-500 degrees. Then bake 5-10 minutes until

bottom is light brown. Broil top for 1/2 minute until light

brown.

Makes 20-24 loaves of Arabic Bread.

i replace the regular yeast with "rapid-rise" (fleishman's) in packets or the jar.....it cuts hours off the rise time and tastes the same...

[TracyHamza 1]

Hey ya peeps! Heres something I googled from Cooks.com BUT Im hoping to find some recipes from yall that might be easier? I dont really have hours in a day to wait on the yeast to rise or whatever. I went to an iraqi families home last year and the mother was making something like pita bread and she already had the ingredients in and was rolling them out, plus she didnt speak english so I couldnt really ask what was the ingredients for hers. Anyone got an easy idea for either bread Egyptian style or pita bread that wouldnt require 3-5 hours of waiting?? thanks! -Tamara

------------

ARABIC BREAD

------------

5 lb. all purpose flour

2 env. dry yeast

5 c. lukewarm water, approximately

2 tbsp. salt

1/2 tsp. sugar; optional

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water. Set aside. Add

sugar at this point.

In a large pan mix flour and salt. Add yeast mixture.

Gradually add the water, mixing and kneading until dough is

smooth. (This dough has to be firm enough to roll with a

rolling pin.) Cover with a towel and put in a warm place

for 1-2 hours or until the dough rises.

Cut dough into sections the size of an orange. Form balls by

tucking the dough underneath the make the round and smooth.

Let rest for 30 minutes between the towels.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out balls to 7 inch

diameter. Let rise for 1 hour covered with cloth. Preheat

oven to 450-500 degrees. Then bake 5-10 minutes until

bottom is light brown. Broil top for 1/2 minute until light

brown.

Makes 20-24 loaves of Arabic Bread.

i replace the regular yeast with "rapid-rise" (fleishman's) in packets or the jar.....it cuts hours off the rise time and tastes the same...

almost forgot....you can add the rapid-rise directly to the flour before mixing the wet and dry ingredients so there's no waiting like the regular yeast to activate in the water/sugar

[Ihavequestions 419]

Tamara, this site may be just what you need:

http://members.cox.net/ahmedheissa/recbread.htm

I think you want the Aish El Shammy, which puffs up while it's baking then un-puffs when it's moved to take it out of the oven. It doesn't look like there's any way around the length of time any of these breads take to make because they all have to rise at some point. Maybe you could make a bunch then freeze the baked bread because it keeps forever in a freezer?

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Tamara, this site may be just what you need:

http://members.cox.net/ahmedheissa/recbread.htm

I think you want the Aish El Shammy, which puffs up while it's baking then un-puffs when it's moved to take it out of the oven. It doesn't look like there's any way around the length of time any of these breads take to make because they all have to rise at some point. Maybe you could make a bunch then freeze the baked bread because it keeps forever in a freezer?

Yeah Tam you want this recipe

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Thanks ladies! I will attempt this for Adam, hopefully soon!

[bhajishah 4]

Pills B bread flour, mix with 25% whole wheat and wrm water, knead , roll and walla fry

[ya fallaha! 0]

Just a lil tip, use a pizza stone to cook the bread on. It makes it a little crunchy on the bottom. I've made regular old pizza/bread dough and put it on the stone and it puffed up like pita. The recipe IHQ is a good one.