In the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk together the flour, salt, sugar and yeast. Attach the bowl to your mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add the olive oil to the water, then pour the mixture slowly into the flour mixture with the mixer running on low speed.

Allow the dough hook to knead the mixture on low speed for about 8 minutes. I added the extra flour, 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough began to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Turn off the mixer and dump the dough onto a lightly floured counter. Sprinkle more flour on top of the dough and knead by hand for 2-3 more minutes. I had to add a little more flour at this stage to keep it from sticking to the counter. Do not be afraid to add a little more flour as the dough was very forgiving.

Place the dough ball into a lightly oiled bowl, turning the dough so all sides are covered with the oil. Cover bowl with a towel and allow dough to rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.

Lightly press down dough in the bowl to release the air, place dough on the counter and using a knife or bench scraper to cut, divide the dough into eight equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and cover the balls with a clean, damp kitchen towel to let them rest for about 20 minutes, which allows the dough to be shaped more easily.

While dough is resting, preheat oven to 450 degrees and place a pizza stone or inverted sheet pan on the middle rack of the oven, this will the surface you bake your pitas on.

Lightly flour the counter again and working one at a time, lightly flour each dough ball and use a rolling pin to roll each into a 6-inch circle. Place each round of dough on sheet pans lined with parchment paper or silpat baking mats (I was able to fit four rounds on each of my sheet pans) and allow to rise, uncovered for 30-45 minutes, until each is barely doubled in thickness.

Open the oven and place two pitas at a time onto your baking surface. They should be baked through and puffy in 3-5 minutes. Use a spatula to remove and continue the process until all pitas are baked.