Flour Tortilla Recipe

Make delicious flour tortillas at home.

Course Bread

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Rest Time 15

Total Time 45

Servings tortillas

Calories 123kcal

Author Leigh Anne Wilkes

Equipment

Ingredients

3 cups flour all purpose
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup hot water hottest tap water
1/3 cup butter salted and melted

Instructions

Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
Pour in melted butter and stir to combine.
Add in hot water a few tablespoons at a time, stirring to combine between each addition.
Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead until soft and smooth, 1-2 minutes.
Divide into 12 balls, about 50 g each.
Cover with a towel and let balls of dough sit for 10-15 minutes. This helps to relax the gluten and makes them easier to roll out.
Flatten the ball of dough with your hand and place on lightly floured surface.
Use a rolling pin to roll into a circle. Roll the flatten ball up and down, rotate dough 45 degrees and roll it up and down again. Continue rolling and rotating until you have about an 8 inch circle or bigger.
Preheat griddle or cast iron frying pan until hot and slightly smoking.
Place tortilla on griddle or pan and allow to cook until tortilla begins to bubble and until golden brown spots form on bottom of tortilla. About 15 seconds
Turn tortilla and cook other side until golden brown spots form. About 10 seconds.
Stack tortillas on a plate under a towel to keep them soft and warm pr place them in a plastic bag.

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Notes

Make Ahead Tip: After cooking the tortillas allow them to cool, covered with a towel and then place the stack of tortillas in a zippered plastic bag with a paper towel on the top and bottom of the pile.

Speed Tip: Roll all of the tortillas out at one time and then cook them all at one time. You can pile the rolled out tortillas on top of one another and keep them covered with a kitchen towel as you are cooking them to prevent them from drying out.

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