Soft Flour Tortillas
These are the Best Homemade Flour Tortillas, I've ever made! Wrap these soft tortillas around your favorite burritos, tacos, enchiladas, or quesadillas, and add these soft and chewy tortillas to your Mexican Dinner Rotation! They're incredibly easy, delicious, and way better-for-you than the Grocery-Store flour tortillas!
Equipment
Ingredients
Homemade Tortillas:
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup bread flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1 cup hot water
Instructions
How to Make Tortillas:
- Combine the dry ingredients. Mix in the shortening then add the water and knead for 10 minutes by hand. Let dough rest for 1 hour.
- Divide dough into 14-15 balls then cover and rest 15 minutes.
- Pre-heat skillet over low heat. Roll all the dough into thin 7-8-inch circles (will be very thin.)
- Cook tortillas 40 seconds on each side. Stack and keep warm until serving.
Notes
- Bread Flour- is a high gluten flour that gives dough elasticity. To substitute it with all-purpose flour, knead and whack the dough for a good 10 minutes to bring out the gluten naturally.
- To make Tortilla Balls: I like to shape the dough into a large long rectangle then cut 2 even pieces down the rectangle. Then I shape.
- Tortillas are to be rolled very thin. It should look almost translucent is how thin you should go, they will have room to rise a bit during cooking.
- 6-inch tortillas- divide the dough into 18 pieces and roll out 6-inch circles.
- 8-inch tortillas- divide the dough into 14 pieces and roll out 8-inch circles.
- 10-inch tortillas- divide the dough into 10 pieces and roll out 10-inch circles. Use a large skillet.
Nutrition Facts
Soft Flour Tortillas
Serving Size
1 tortilla
Amount per Serving
Calories
157
% Daily Value*
Fat
9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
13
%
Sodium
195
mg
8
%
Potassium
106
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
16
g
5
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
2
g
4
%
Calcium
39
mg
4
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
