Soft Flour Tortillas

2g protein · 2 h 7 min · 157 kcal

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Soft Flour Tortillas

These are the Best Homemade Flour Tortillas, I've ever made! Wrap these soft tortillas around your favorite burritos, tacos, enchiladas, or quesadillas, and add these soft and chewy tortillas to your Mexican Dinner Rotation! They're incredibly easy, delicious, and way better-for-you than the Grocery-Store flour tortillas!

2 h 7 min15 servings157 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 1 cup hot water

Instructions

  1. 1

    --- How to Make Tortillas: ---

  2. 2

    Combine the dry ingredients. Mix in the shortening then add the water and knead for 10 minutes by hand. Let dough rest for 1 hour.

  3. 3

    Divide dough into 14-15 balls then cover and rest 15 minutes.

  4. 4

    Pre-heat skillet over low heat. Roll all the dough into thin 7-8-inch circles (will be very thin.)

  5. 5

    Cook tortillas 40 seconds on each side. Stack and keep warm until serving.

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