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Since we my family has been home, I have been trying a lot of (new to me) recipes! One of my family’s favorites is my new homemade hummus and pita bread! I am sharing my recipes as part of the spring recipes blog hop with Leslie of Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After.

I would like to thank everyone visiting my blog from Deb’s World! If you are new to Mom Home Guide, my blog is a place where I share budget DIY projects, crafts and recipes to share with your family!

After checking out my recipes, please stop by Laura’s I Do deClaire blog to see the next recipe in the recipe swap!

Easy & Delicious Homemade Hummus

I had been promising my daughters for a while that I’d make them homemade hummus. For some reason, it took me forever to get around to it! But now that we are all at home (for the shutdown), I found the time last week to make some. I even made two batches in one day — my family liked it so much!

I used the recipe from Inspired Taste. Hummus is super easy to put together! It’s a simple mixture of chickpeas, tahini (which is made with ground sesame seeds), garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings.

Bread Machine Pita Bread

I used my ZOJIRUSHI compact bread machine to make my pita bread dough. My bread machine is smaller than most bread machines, but I like that it doesn’t take up a lot of space on my kitchen counter. It is also really easy to use!

I got the recipe for the pita bread from Bread Machine Magic: 138 Exciting Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines. The recipe book is really helpful for me, since I have a small 1 lb bread maker. For each recipe, the recipe book gives three different recipes – for a small, medium or large bread machine. I completed baking the pitas in the oven.

Bread Machine Pita Bread

This easy to make pita bread is much more delicious that store bought pita bread!

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Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup Water
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Cups Flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Instructions

1. Place ingredients in the bread machine's bread pan. Select dough setting and then hit start.
2. When your bread machine signals that the dough signal is complete, take out the dough and place it on a well-floured surface. (You might need to dust the dough lightly to remove the dough from the machine, as it will be quite sticky.)
3. Gently roll and stretch the dough into a 12-inch-long rope.
4. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces using a sharp knife.
5. Form each piece of dough into a ball. Use a rolling pin to roll each ball into a 6-inch to 7-inch circle.
6. Cover the dough with a cotton kitchen towel.
7. Let the dough rise for 30 minutes until slightly puffy.
8. Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Using the middle oven rack in your oven, cook the pitas on a cookie sheet (or wire cake rack if you have it) for about 5 minutes until lightly browned. Cover the pitas with a damp cotton kitchen towel until soft.

Notes

(Recipe adapted from Bread Machine Magic by Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway)

If you don’t have a bread machine, check out this pita bread recipe. The pita is still simple to make — you just have to do some kneading!

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