Some baking notes: If your pitas do not puff up to a perfect balloon on your first try, don't fret. There are a couple of factors that might cause this. 1. Your oven might not be hot enough (turn up the heat or wait a little longer before trying to cook your next one). 2. The pita might not be rolled out thin enough. Make sure they are not thicker than ¼". 3. Try cooking one pita at a time. And finally, don't toss out any of your failures. They will still taste great even if they aren't perfect pockets. Test out one at a time until you know you have the method down.
*To roll dough out into a prefect circle, roll in only one direction. Turn your dough a quarter turn at every 2-3 passes of the rolling pin. Continue rolling and turning until you have an 8 to 9 inch circle that is a little less than ¼" thick.
**Recipe adapted from
Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan.