Gyro Bread for Pita Gyro

This Gyro Bread recipe is an easy-to-make recipe for delicious wraps and gyro pitas. Wraps that you buy in the grocery store can often be full of preservatives (have you ever noticed how long they last on your counter?). However, this recipe is a healthier version made with real, simple ingredients and it’s so simple to make to have on hand for easy pitas.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Gyro Bread

• Easy: The longest part of this recipe is the resting time. Other than that, it’s a very easy-to-make recipe
• Healthy: This Gyro Bread recipe is made with simple ingredients that are probably already in your pantry
• Versatile: Use this Gyro Bread to make pitas and wraps all-week-long

🍲 Ingredients

Active Dry Yeast – Active yeast is different from instant yeast. Both are used to help your bread goods rise, but the main difference is that active dry yeast has to be activated in water before adding it to your dry ingredients.

Advertisements

All Purpose Flour – For this recipe, all purpose flour works the best. However, you can definitely try to make a whole wheat version with whole wheat flour but most recipes can’t entirely swap the two out for one another. I’d recommend trying to recipe with substituting only 1/4 cup of the all purpose flour with whole wheat flour first, then if it works well, upping the amount. Remember that with baking it’s harder to substitute ingredients than cooking!

👩‍🍳 How to Make Gyro Bread

1. In a large bowl add the flour and yeast and whisk together. Add the salt, whisk and then add the sugar and whisk together again. Pour in the warm water and use a wooden spoon to gently mix together until you have a shaggy dough.
2. Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes until the dough is more smooth and elastic (it might still be a little tacky / sticky, that’s ok). Shape the dough into a ball and place into a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 2 hours or until doubled in size.
3. Divide the dough into 6 pieces and form each into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out into 9 inch circles.
4. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat and when hot, add one pita to the pan and cook on one side for 3-4 minutes until golden brown on one side. Flip and cook for another 1 minute and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Flip and cook for another 1 minute. Cook for 1 more minute, flipping every 30 seconds. You’ll cook each pita for 6-7 minutes total. The pita should be a deep golden brown when done. Set aside and repeat until all pita dough is cooked.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

• If you love pita bread, try our Fluffy Greek Pita Bread Recipe or our Stuffable Pita Pocket (2 Ingredients!)
• Make a bunch of these in advance and freeze any that you aren’t going to use immediately. This can be a great way to have healthy Gyro Bread on hand

🗒 Best served with

• Grilled Chicken Gyros
• Grilled Vegetable Wrap
• Crunchy Spinach Wrap with Feta

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store leftovers in a Ziploc bag for up to 4 days. You can also freeze leftovers with pieces of wax paper in between each wrap in a Ziploc bag for up to 3 months to have easy, healthy wraps on hand whenever you need them.

🤔 Common Questions

Gyro Bread for Pita Gyro

5 from 3 votes

This Gyro Bread recipe is the perfect, easy bread to make up and have for quick, healthy wraps and gyros all-week-long.

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going dark

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Save Recipe Saved!

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Resting time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 50 minutes mins

Course Bread

Cuisine Greek

Servings 6 pitas

Calories 235 kcal

I’m Your Mommy Now

Your Greek mommy that is. 😍 Step into my kitchen to learn how to make yummy Greek food. 🍽️💃

Subscribe to Taste

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 1/2 cups warm water

Shop Ingredients on Jupiter

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl add the flour and yeast and whisk together. Add the salt, whisk and then add the sugar and whisk together again. Pour in the warm water and use a wooden spoon to gently mix together until you have a shaggy dough.
• Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes until the dough is more smooth and elastic (it might still be a little tacky / sticky, that’s ok). Shape the dough into a ball and place into a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 2 hours or until doubled in size.
• Divide the dough into 6 pieces and form each into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out into 9 inch circles.
• Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat and when hot, add one pita to the pan and cook on one side for 3-4 minutes until golden brown on one side. Flip and cook for another 1 minute and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Flip and cook for another 1 minute. Cook for 1 more minute, flipping every 30 seconds. You'll cook each pita for 6-7 minutes total. The pita should be a deep golden brown when done. Set aside and repeat until all pita dough is cooked.

  Use these pitas to make our Grilled Chicken Gyros

Video

Notes

• If you love pita bread, try our Fluffy Greek Pita Bread Recipe or our Stuffable Pita Pocket (2 Ingredients!)

Nutrition

Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 49.2g | Protein: 6.9g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 585.5mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1.2g

Review This Recipe Let us know how it was!