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Homemade Flour Tortillas

Homemade Flour Tortillas - only need 5 (including the water) ingredients to make. So many uses for tortillas!!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time32 minutes
Rest Time20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 7 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Appetizers, Side Dish, Sides, Snack
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Tex-Mex
Keyword: easy flour tortilla recipe, flour tortilla recipe, homemade flour tortillas, tortillas without a press
Servings: 16 Tortillas
Calories: 123kcal

Equipment

  • Rolling Surface (Mat)
  • Rolling Pin
  • Skillet (regular or cast iron)

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups Flour, all purpose can use unbleached
  • 1 Tsp Salt I used Himalayan
  • 1 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/3 Cup Shortening Could use lard
  • 1 Cup Hot Water

Instructions

  • Stir together flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
  • Using your hands, mix shortening into the flour mixture. Should look like chunky crumbs.
    Flour, Salt,, baking powder, and shortening in a bowl.
  • Slowly add the hot water into the mixture until the dough forms. (using your hands or a spatula)
    Tortilla mixture after adding water.
  • Remove dough from bowl and place on floured surface. Knead the dough until smooth. 3-4 minutes.
    Tortilla dough after kneading.
  • Divide into 16 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Place on baking sheet/dish.
    Tortilla dough divided into balls
  • Cover with plastic and let rest for 20 minutes.
    Tortilla Dough balls covered with plastic, resting
  • On your floured surface, roll out one of your balls to about 8"-9" round flat "tortilla" shape.
    Rolled out tortilla on a mat
  • Preheat a skillet on medium heat. About halfway through rolling your tortillas.
  • You can place these on wax/parchment paper. Do not stack on top of each other.
  • Place one of the rolled doughs in the sprayed preheated skillet and cook 45 secs to 1 minute. Until you see bubbles start to form. (I used avocado spray)
    Tortilla in skillet cooking first side
  • Spray the top side of the tortilla then flip and cook the other side about the same time, until you see the bubbles. The bubbles/spots should be golden. Place on plate and repeat the process for the remaining "doughs".
    Overhead view of stack of flour tortillas

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg