Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas
These flour tortillas come together in one bowl and are super easy to make!
Yield: 10 servings
Cost: $2
Equipment
- cast iron skillet
- Tortilla Press or Rolling Pin
- Parchment Paper
Materials
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 4 tbsp. vegetable shortening
- ½ cup warm water
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt) in a large bowl.
- Add in vegetable shortening and use 2 forks (or a pastry cutter) to cut in the shortening until well combined.
- Next, slowly add warm water to the mixture until your dough is soft. It should not be sticky to the touch; add flour as needed to get the correct consistency.
- After all ingredients are added to the bowl, knead the dough for approximately 5 minutes using your hands (or dough hook/mixer).
- Once the dough is kneaded, make 8-10 small dough balls from the mixture. Set back in bowl, cover with a towel. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- While the dough balls are resting, prepare an area to form tortillas. If using a tortilla press, place parchment paper down, then dough ball, then another piece of paper, close and press down on the handle. If using a rolling pin, place dough ball of floured surface and leave enough room to maneuver rolling pin.
- Heat up a cast-iron skillet to medium to medium-high heat.
- Take the disc and place it on the hot skillet for a few minutes to brown one side of the tortilla. Then, using a spatula, flip the tortilla and brown the other side.
Notes
***Floured wax paper works well, or a flat large plastic cutting board can be floured and used to roll out the dough. Be sure you will have enough room to maneuver the rolling pin. Generously apply additional flour if needed so that dough does not stick to the rolling pin. Place the rolling pin in the center of the dough ball and roll in an upwards motion followed by a downwards motion. Repeating as necessary until the dough ball becomes a thin round disc.