Homemade Flour Tortillas
I have a confession to make. Are you ready? This is the first time I have made homemade tortillas! Okay, I feel much better. What a mistake that was to wait so long! The only time I have ever had fresh tortillas is at one of my favorite restaurants Costa Vida. I love the thick, chewy texture of them, but I just have never gotten around to making my own until now. I can’t say I will always make them fresh from now on, because the rolling part does take a little bit of time, but if I have time for fresh, I will not hesitate to make these again. I think this is a great recipe to have on hand and it makes twelve 7-inch tortillas. Try it & let me know how you like it!
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cup (330 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)
- 5 Tbsp shortening
- ¾ tsp salt
- ⅔-¾ cup (159-177 ml) very warm tap water
Instructions
- In a food processor or good blender, blend the flour, shortening & salt until the shortening is finely ground into the flour & there are no chunks. Pulse as necessary.
- Slowly add water to running food processor until dough balls up & there are no dry parts. I ended up using the whole ¾ cup.
- Empty dough onto a lightly floured surface & gently knead until it the dough is smooth. About 2 minutes.
- Cut dough into 12 pieces, shape into balls, cover & let rest for 30 minutes.
- Lightly dust work surface & rolling pin. Roll each ball as thin as you can into a circle. Repeat with each ball, lightly overlapping & covering the tortillas as you go.
- Using a griddle at 400˚F or a hot skillet, brown each side of the tortilla. About 45 seconds each. When it bubbles & puffs up, it's time to flip it over. Do not over-cook or they will be dry & crisp.
Notes
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Can’t wait to try it. We have some lard that we will be substituting for the shortening so hopefully it’ll turn out like it should. Was also wondering if there’s much of a difference in the Tortilla recipe at costa vida vs cafe rio? because I feel like the Costa Vida’s are softer. Also do you by chance have the recipe for the whole wheat tortillas?
Hi Jared! I am not sure of the differences between the tortillas at costa vida vs cafe rio, but I do prefer Costa Vida as well 🙂 To make whole wheat tortillas, just substitute with whole wheat BREAD flour. It’s a lighter texture than regular wheat flour, which may make it dense. You can also do part wheat & part white if you only have all-purpose wheat flour.
So I’m making them lol like right now and the dough is so forgiven very nice to work with it it is resting now so will see 🙂
Isn’t the dough just soft & lovely? I hope they turned out great for you!
Amazing I can’t wait to make them thanks
wow! they look so good. i make my own tortillas, but they don’t look as nice as yours! thanks for sharing!
There’s nothing better than a warm, homemade tortilla!! Yours look stunning – stopped by from Mop It Up Monday :o)
I’ve been wanting to make my own tortillas. These look great. I will have to try them!
I found you at Time to Sparkle. 🙂
I’ve always wanted to make homemade flour tortillas but it’s kind of intimidating..not sure why! I pinned your recipe and will try out soon 🙂
Selene @ Restoration Beauty
I have made them once and they turned out good. I can’t find my recipe so I will try yours. They look great.
Have a wonderful week,
Bev
@ Eclectic Red Barn
I tried to make tortillas once, but I couldn’t get them thin enough (we didn’t have a rolling pin at the time) and I couldn’t get them to brown enough!! Thanks for sharing this, I was hoping that you could share this post on my Sunday Link Party!! I’ll host it every week, and welcome you!
Abbi @ Seasons of a Homemaker