Fresh Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipes

HOMEMADE FLOUR TORTILLAS

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Mix in the lard with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal. Add the water and mix until the dough comes together; place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the dough into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a well-floured rolling pin to roll a dough ball into a thin, round tortilla. Place into the hot skillet, and cook until bubbly and golden; flip and continue cooking until golden on the other side. Place the cooked tortilla in a tortilla warmer; continue rolling and cooking the remaining dough.

FLOUR TORTILLAS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Slowly incorporate the warm water and vegetable oil and mix until all the liquid has been absorbed and it comes together into a ball. If the dough feels a bit sticky, add more flour, about 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed.
• Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead for a couple of minutes until it is smooth and soft. The texture will feel like Playdoh.
• Divide the dough into 12 equal-sized balls and flatten each ball slightly. Lightly flour both sides of the dough. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
• Heat a comal , ungreased cast-iron skillet, or nonstick skillet over medium heat. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each ball with a floured rolling pin to form an evenly rounded 8-inch circle.
• Cook the tortillas, one at a time, in the preheated pan. Cook for about 1 minute on the first side until brown spots begin to form and air bubbles begin to puff up all over the tortilla. Flip over and cook about 30 to 45 seconds more, or until the other side begins to form brown spots and the tortilla puffs up.
• Transfer the cooked tortilla from the pan to a plate or board with a towel. Cover the finished tortillas as you continue to roll out and cook the remaining tortillas.
• Serve warm with your favorite taco fillings and toppings.

HOMEMADE FLOUR TORTILLAS

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the bottom blade, add the all-purpose flour, wheat flour and salt and pulse 2 to 3 times to combine. Add in the cold lard and butter and pulse until the mix resembles cornmeal-like texture, 5 to 6 (20-second) pulses. Add the warm water and pulse until a dough ball forms.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured board and knead until the dough is elastic and smooth and no longer sticky, 3 to 4 minutes. Form into a small loaf shape, about 6 by 4-inches. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces. Working with one at a time, roll into a ball, about the size of a golf ball and dust lightly with flour. Repeat.
• Place the balls, one at a time, into a well-floured tortilla press, press down and remove. You should have a 6-inch disc at this point. Place the disc on a floured board and roll out to 8 to 9-inch in diameter and almost paper thin, lightly dusting with flour and turning as needed. You can stack them, separated by waxed paper.
• Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium heat. Add the raw tortillas, one at time, cook for 30 to 45 seconds per side, or just until the bubbles puff up, then turn and repeat. Keep the cooked tortillas in a towel, covered, to keep warm and pliable.
• Special equipment: tortilla press.

HOMEMADE TORTILLAS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Stir in water and oil. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10-12 times, adding a little flour or water if needed to achieve a smooth dough. Let rest for 10 minutes., Divide dough into 8 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 7-in. circle., In a greased cast-iron or other heavy skillet, cook tortillas over medium heat until lightly browned, 1 minute on each side. Serve warm.

CHEF JOHN'S FLOUR TORTILLAS

Steps:

• Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Add vegetable shortening and work into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• Form a well in the middle of flour mixture and mix in hot water. Work flour and water mixture together with a fork and transfer to a cutting board.
• Knead until a smooth, soft dough is formed, about 3 minutes. Add more flour if dough is too sticky.
• Place more flour on cutting board, cover dough with bowl, and let rest for 15 minutes.
• Cut ball of dough into eight equal parts and cover until needed.
• Roll out balls of dough either by hand or with a tortilla press.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place flattened tortilla in skillet and cook until it begins to bubble, about 1 minute. Flip tortilla over and cook for an additional minute. Flip again and cook for 1 more minute. Repeat with remaining dough.

FRESH HOMEMADE FLOUR TORTILLAS!

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Mix well.
• Cut in the lard with one hand until incorporated. Thin flakes of lard are ok.
• Pour in the milk leaving back one or two Tablespoons. It will be pretty moist but should make a ball after 10 to 20 seconds of gentle mixing and very little kneading. Use the rest of the milk if necessary. Don't despair if the dough is a sticky tacky mess. Only If necessary, sprinkle in a a little more flour to turn it into a ball, working it as little as possible.
• Divide and roll the ball into six or seven balls. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and let set 30 minutes.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Adjust the temperature as you work. I prefer a cast iron skillet.
• Roll out a tortilla using light flour as needed.
• Cook each tortilla on one side and then the other (there should be some brown spots) and place on a plate covering with a dish towel as you go. Each tortilla should be stacked on tot of the last and covered with the towel.
• The towel is very important for keeping the moisture in ensuring that your tortillas will be flexible to fill and fold when the time comes to fill them.
• Leftovers should be stored in a zipper locked bag when sufficiently cooled.