Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas
Making delicious, tender flour tortillas is easier than you think! Wonderful for quesadillas, tacos and more.
Recipe - ST. LOUIS PARK (+Wines & Spirits)
Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas
Prep Time15 Minutes
Servings12
0Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
⅓ cup shortening or lard
1 ¼ cups hot water
Directions
- In a food processor, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add shortening ½ teaspoon at a time, pulsing the mixture together until combined but not overmixed.
- Slowly add the hot water and pulse until a sticky dough forms.
- Turn wet dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 10-12 equal parts.
- Lightly flour the dough and roll into balls; gently press to flatten them slightly.
- Cover with a damp (not wet) tea cloth or linen and rest for 30 minutes.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out dough balls until they are about the thickness of a penny.
- Heat a skillet or sauté pan to medium-high heat. One at a time, place tortillas in the pan and cook for 30-45 seconds. Flip and cook for another 30 seconds. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
15 minutes
Prep Time
0 minutes
Cook Time
12
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 12 servings
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 5 Pound
$6.49$1.30/lb
Argo Baking Powder, 12 Ounce
Deal
$2.99 was $3.39$0.25/oz
Morton Salt, 26 Ounce
$2.83$0.11/oz
Crisco All-Vegetable Shortening, 48 Ounce
$9.99$0.21/oz
Water Joe Premium Caffeinated Water, 12 Each
$8.19$0.68 each
Directions
- In a food processor, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add shortening ½ teaspoon at a time, pulsing the mixture together until combined but not overmixed.
- Slowly add the hot water and pulse until a sticky dough forms.
- Turn wet dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 10-12 equal parts.
- Lightly flour the dough and roll into balls; gently press to flatten them slightly.
- Cover with a damp (not wet) tea cloth or linen and rest for 30 minutes.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out dough balls until they are about the thickness of a penny.
- Heat a skillet or sauté pan to medium-high heat. One at a time, place tortillas in the pan and cook for 30-45 seconds. Flip and cook for another 30 seconds. Repeat with remaining tortillas.