There is nothing like having homemade flour tortilla. Typically I double the batch and freeze a few for days when I need to whip up some breakfast tacos or quesadillas. Super easy to make, vegan, and perfect in every way!
Flour Tortillas
There is nothing like having homemade flour tortilla. Super easy to make, vegan, and perfect in every way!
Ingredients
8 Tortillas
- 3 cups Bread Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 ½ tsp Kosher Salt
- ⅓ cup Vegetable oil, plus 1 tablespoon
- 1 ⅛ cups Boil Water
16 Tortillas
- 6 cups Bread Flour
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tsp Kosher Salt
- ⅔ cup Vegetable Oil, plus 2 tablespoons
- 2 ¼ cup Boil water
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl or a standing mixer, add the flour, salt, baking powder and oil.
- I typically mix with a wooden spoon, but you can certainly use a dough hook in a mixer on low speed. The texture will resemble barely wet sand. You can squeeze it in your hand see it hold together.
- Add the boiling water, about ½ cup at a time (with the mixer on low speed). Continue adding the water until the dough comes together. A wooden spoon does the job too!
- If using your hands, remove from the bowl, and knead for 2-4 minutes until its surface is smooth. Because of the oil, it won't be a sticky dough. (For the mixer, run for another 2-4 minutes). Squeeze the dough to create dough balls. Place them in the bowl, and let them rest for 15 minutes covered with a warm, damp towel.
- Heat up a nonstick pan over medium heat. Flour the work surface, and drench the dough ball in the bread flour.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough, turning the dough after each roll to create a circle. I like wiping a bit more flour over the tortilla.
- Cook the tortilla on a nonstick pan until bubbles grow large. Flip over and cook again until lightly browning appears. You want to stay close by to avoid burning.
- Place cooked tortilla in either a tortilla warmer, or between dish towels. Avoid using foil or a container with a lid because this will create condensation and thus, soggy tortillas.
Please know you have the incorrect amount of water for 8 tortillas… it should be 1 1/8 not 2 1/8
I found out the hard way…I followed the recipe and what a wet, sticky mess I had. I did add more flour and hopefully they will turn out ok. They are resting now.
Oh My! Thanks for sending me that correction. I just updated it. Enjoy!