Flour Tortilla Recipe

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4.98 from 72 votes

Flour Tortilla Recipe

Great Grandma Bean Burro's soft and easy FAMOUS flour tortilla recipe is whipped up with only 5 Ingredients!

Prep Time30

Cook Time15

Total Time45

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: tortillas

Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter, melted
¾ cup lukewarm water

Instructions

In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add melted butter and water and mix with your hands until combined. Add more flour if needed 1 tablespoon at a time, but the dough should be a little sticky. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
While the skillet is heating up, divide the dough into 12 dough balls. On a lightly floured work surface, use a pastry roller to roll each ball out into a circle about 8 inches wide. To achieve the perfect shape and size, roll the flattened ball of dough in one direction from the center to the top edge on a floured work surface. Turn the dough a quarter turn and roll again from the center to the top. Repeat rolling and turning until the tortilla is to the desired size and shape.
Add one tortilla at a time to the hot skillet and cook for about 1 minute on each side, until bubbled and lightly browned on both sides. Carefully wipe flour out of the pan between batches, or it will accumulate in the pan and start to burn.

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Notes

Recipe Tips:

Keep the balls of dough from drying out by draping a damp clean kitchen towel over the top.
For smaller tortillas, divide the dough into 14 balls. For thicker tortillas, divide them into 10 balls.
If the first tortilla doesn't have golden spots after 1 minute, slightly increase the heat. If the spots are dark brown or black, decrease the heat.
If your tortillas feel stiff, you have either cooked them too long or used too high of heat.

Store cooked tortillas in a large resealable plastic bag on the counter for 2-3 days, in the refrigerator for 6-8 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 6 months. To reheat. Stack on a plate, cover with a damp paper towel, and microwave for 15 to 30 seconds or until warm.

Use it up. Tortillas can be used to make Enchiladas, Chicken Tacos, Flautas, Chimichangas, or Chicken Quesadillas.

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