The Best Homemade Flour Tortillas
This recipe for the best homemade flour tortillas is so easy to follow! Probably the best tortillas I've ever had!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour, unbleached + more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup warm water
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld mixer, mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Add vegetable oil and water. Mix until dough starts to come together.
- Place hook attachment on mixer. Knead dough for 2 minutes, or 5 minutes by hand.
- Dough should be soft and stretchy. If it's too sticky, add 1 tbsp of flour at a time until you have a workable dough. If dough is too dry, mix in 1-2 tbsp warm water.
- Keep dough in bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 1 hour.
- Divide dough into 10 equal portions and roll into balls. Transfer to a plate and cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Preheat a large non stick sauté pan over medium high heat.
- Lightly flour a work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out a dough ball (keeping the others covered while rolling out each ball) and roll it into a 6-7 inch circle. Doesn't have to be a perfect circle!You will have to re flour work surface and rolling pin after every dough ball.
- Lift rolled out tortilla and place in preheated pan. Cook for about 20-30 seconds on one side, until dough starts to bubble. Flip over and cook for another 15-20 seconds on the other side. You don't want to over cook the tortillas, which will cause them to be too dry.
- Place cooked tortillas on plate. If using the tortillas right away, there is no need to heat them up.
- You can store these tortillas in an air tight container at room temperature for a few days, or freeze for a few months!
- Enjoy!