Homemade Tortillas
Homemade tortillas give dishes an artisan touch. It signifies you care, enough to make your own dough, just for an item as simple as a flour tortilla. They’re well worth the effort though, and this recipe will give you the instructions to make your very own homemade tortillas.
Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
step 1
Measure out All-Purpose Flour (2 cups) and Salt (1/2 tsp) and combine in a large mixing bowl.
step 2
Add Butter (1 Tbsp) and cut into flour with a pastry knife until well incorporated.
step 3
Slowly stir in Water (3/4 cup) forming into a dough. Pour contents onto work surface and knead for one to two minutes.
step 4
Divide dough into four equal balls.
step 5
Roll each ball into a round tortilla (about 10-12 inch diameter) with a rolling pin.
step 6
Preheat pan to medium to medium-high heat. Place a tortilla in the heated pan until golden brown on one side (about sixty to ninety seconds). Flip tortilla on other side to brown. Remove tortilla and place on a plate or in a container. Repeat for remaining tortillas.
step 7
If not using tortillas within the hour, save tortillas in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to eat. Re-heat tortillas with a wet paper towel and microwave for 20 to 30 seconds.
