Recipe: Appetizing Flour Tortillas

Flour Tortillas. This homemade flour tortilla recipe produces warm and soft tortillas perfect for soft tacos or burritos. Only four basic ingredients are needed for this flour tortilla recipe. Try this simple homemade flour tortilla recipe and you will know exactly what ingredients you and your family will be eating.

Who knew making homemade flour tortillas could be so easy? Jump to Recipe Jump to Video. These flexible, soft and tender tortillas are the PERFECT homemade tortilla! You can cook Flour Tortillas using 4 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Flour Tortillas

It's 1 lb of AP Flour.
You need 4 oz of Lard or other solid fat.
It's 1 tsp of Salt.
It's 1 cup of Water.

They're super soft, perfectly chewy and completely. I prefer my homemade flour tortillas with shortening. I think the oil makes for the prettiest looking These homemade flour tortillas have taken our weekly taco night to a new level! Cassava flour tortillas are gluten-free, grain-free, vegan and paleo.

Flour Tortillas instructions

Combine salt, flour and lard. Mix well by hand until a crumbly dough is formed..
Add water, kneading the mixture in the bowl to form a dough of medium softness. It may feel like the water will not be incorporated completely, but just keep kneading..
Divide dough and roll between your palms to form balls that are about the size of the circle formed by joining your thumb and forefinger..
Let the dough sit for about 30 minutes..
Heat a pan over medium, while you form the dough balls into thin rounds with a tortilla press or a small rolling pin..
Lay a tortilla on the hot pan. Bubbles should form quickly. Be careful, the steam that can escape from these bubble is extremely hot..
When your tortilla is toasted lightly on the bottom, flip it to cook the opposite side..
It will take some practice to find the right temperature to work with. You want your tortillas to cook through, but you also want them to be light and airy. Just like pizza, the goal here is to find the right dough consistency, and the right cooking temperature..

They're perfect for tacos, fajitas, quesadillas or wraps and they're easy to make - watch the step-by-step video. They're so soft, easy to make, and can be used for burritos, tacos, quesadillas, however you like!! Lay the tortilla on the hot griddle (you should hear a faint sizzle and see an almost immediate bubbling across the. Tortillas are one of my favorite bread items and I use them for just about everything. It was pretty quick and painless and resulted in some pretty delicious flour tortillas.