Soft Flour Tortillas
These soft, supple, homemade tortillas will make you forget all about store bought ones!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ΒΌ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup hot water
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix together flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add in the oil and mix, then add in hot water, slowly.
- Slowly add in water until large dough forms. Once all water has been added take dough and any remaining flour pieces out of bowl to knead.
- Knead dough for 10 minutes to form gluten and build elasticity.
- Form dough into 12 equal size pieces for large tortillas. If you want smaller tortillas you may form 24 dough balls half the size.
- Form each pieces into dough ball between palms. Once all balls formed place back in bowl and cover with damp paper towel or kitchen towel and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
- Once dough has rested start to form tortillas using rolling pin. Preheat large non-stick pan or cast iron skillet on medium heat.
- Roll out large tortilla on clean flat surface to about 9-10 inches in diameter or about 1/8 inch thick. Roll back and forth while rotating dough to make a circle.
- Once tortilla is formed place on heated pan. Once it starts to bubble up largely flip to other side to cook. There should be golden brown spots on cooked side. Cook the same amount of time on other side. Shoud take about 1-2 minutes per side.
- Once cooked place in clean kitchen towel to keep warm and soft. As you cook each one stack on top of each other to keep each warm.
- Now, you're done. Serve with filling of choice!
- Enjoy!