How to Make Flour Tortillas at Home

Cooked flour tortillas sitting on a large plate with brown linen beneath it.

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How to Make Flour Tortillas at Home

After learning How to Make Flour Tortillas at home, you’ll never go back to the store bought kind! These tortillas are easy to make and so darn delicious.

Course Bread

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Resting Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings tortillas

Calories 159kcal

Author Alexandria Drzazgowski

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp vegetable oil
¾ tsp salt
¾ cup warm water

Instructions

Add the flour, salt and baking powder together and mix with a fork. Add the water and oil and mix again until a dough forms.
Put the dough on a floured board or countertop and knead for about 5 minutes.
Place the dough in a glass bowl and cover with a kitchen towel. Allow it to rest for about 10 minutes.
Then, cut the dough into 8 pieces
Roll each portion into a ball and place between two pieces of parchment paper. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a thin, 8-10” tortilla.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tortilla until slightly charred and large bubbles form. Flip and cook on the other side.
Remove to a plate and cook the rest. Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe copyright The Foreign Fork. For educational or personal use only.

If you don’t have a rolling pin, you can just use a bottle of wine or a similar sized bottle like I use in the photos!
You can also use a stand mixer to knead the dough if you prefer
Store your tortillas in a plastic resealable bag. Add a paper towel into the bag so that the paper towel will absorb any moisture in the air before the tortillas do.
They should keep well in the bag for about 7 days or so.

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