Homemade flour tortillas

Soft as cloud, my homemade tortilla recipe is very easy to make with pantry staples and you will never go back to packed ones.

Course breads

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

rest time 10

Servings tortillas

Calories 124kcal

In a wide mixing bowl add flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Whisk it well.
Drizzle olive oil and rub the flour mixture in between your fingers until you have a crumb-like mixture. (just like you make pie dough)
Add half of the water(1/2 cup) to the flour mixture and using a wooden spatula/hand stir the mixture. Then add rest of the water little by little while mixing the dough with the other hand. (Make sure the water is just hot enough and you can handle it with your hand). When the dough is slightly sticky and pulls away from the edge of the bowl stop adding any more water.
Shift the dough to a clean wooden working surface. Knead for 6-7 minutes until the dough doesn't stick to your hand, it forms a smooth crack-free ball.
Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp kitchen towel. (This step is essential for the gluten to relax, flour will hydrate and make it easy to handle the dough).

Divide the dough into 8 larger or 10 smaller, equal pieces. Shape each portion into soft crack-free balls. Keep shaped dough balls covered with a damp cloth(to prevent it from drying) while you heat a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
Working with one dough ball at a time. Place it on a lightly floured work surface and dust it with a little more flour on top. Gently flatten the ball into a disc with your finger. Roll it roughly into a 4-inch circle, sprinkle a little more flour, and flip the tortilla. Roll again until you get a circle of about 8-9 inches.

Brush off any extra flour from the tortilla and gently flip on to the hot griddle. Let it cook on medium heat for about 1- 2 minutes, you will see small bubbles appearing on the surface and brown golden spots underneath.
Run a spatula under the tortilla to release it from the pan and then flip it. Cook again for another 1 minute. Gently press the tortilla with the back of the spatula around the edges so that it gets cooked evenly.
Stack the cooked tortillas in a container lined with a dry kitchen towel. If you would like to keep the tortilla until served, keep them wrapped in a kitchen towel in an insulated container. It will easily stay warm for a couple of hours.

I have included tones of tips, tricks and troubleshooting guide up in the post. Do refer to it to get perfect result