Homemade Tortillas
This will sure to become a passed down recipe in your family! Because who doesn't love a homemade tortilla!?? This recipe is super easy to throw together and only takes a few ingredients taht most of us have in our pantry.
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- tortilla press (optional)
- skillet
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cup all-purpose-flour
- 1 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 to 1 1/2 tsp baking powder optional (the less baking powder the more flexible - the more baking powder the more fluffy)
- 1/2 cup crisco
- 1 1/4 cup hot water (110º to 120º)
Instructions
- Add flour and salt to bowl.
- If you want fluffier tortillas mix in the baking powder. I personally like them both ways but my favorite is without it. It seems more like traditional tortillas. My husband prefers it with it. I suggest trying it both ways to find your favorite.
- Add in Crisco and mix in by hand spreading the Crisco throughout the flour. Do this until it is not sticking to your hands very much.
- Add water to the bowl and then mix. This can be done in a mixer using a dough hook or you can knead it by hand until it is no longer sticking to the sides of the bowl or the surface you are working on.
- Be sure to incorporate all the little crumbs.
- Let the dough rest for 20 minutes. This gives the flour enough time to fully absorb all of the moisture.
- Heat the skillet over medium/low to medium heat. (This will depend on your stove)
- Pull out about a golf-ball-sized piece of dough and either roll it out with a rolling pin or use a tortilla press to create a circle. Make them as thin or as thick as you like. I find the thinner the better. The dough will tend to thicken back up just a bit once you pull it up to put it in the skillet.
- Cook the tortillas in a skillet. Flip it every 10 seconds until done.
Notes
If you don't use the baking powder it will seem like it is not as done when you are cooking it. The oil will make the tortillas still darker in places. Once it starts browning from cooking it, they are done. But you can play around with this to see what consistency you like. Also the longer you cook them the less they are bendable. So just be aware if you want super floppy tortillas not to overcook them. ❤️