Homemade Flour Tortillas

Homemade Flour Tortillas

I was in the MOOD for the chicken soft tacos and didn't realized that I don't have the store-bought flour tortillas in my home. Time wasn't permitting for me to go to the food store along with three hungry girls. Suddenly it came up in my mind -WHY DON'T YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE IT? I have most ingredients at home so WHY NOT?

I know that flour tortillas is made of the all-purpose flour so I decided to add a few ingredients in order to make it. It works!

It's a pretty simple and easy. At first, I had tasted it and it was like 100 percent pure of flour-flavored tortillas which it amazed me. My girls had tasted it for the first time and my jaw dropped down on the floor by heard "I want more". From there, I knew it was all worth of my timing to make it than jump into the car to drive all way to the food store (Also you know how the kids can change their mind of wanting to eat different than what you are originally planned to cook for dinner heh).

2 cups all-purpose flour (don't use BREAD FLOUR)

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

3/4 cup lukewarm milk (2% is fine)

Mix the dry ingredients then add the vegetable oil. Slowly gradually pour the lukewarm milk into the dry ingredients/vegetable oil to make the mixture into a sticky dough.

Dust on the counter and roll out the dough with a teensy bit of flour. Knead the dough vigorously by fold and press. Return the dough back into the bowl and cover with damp towel to let it rest for 15 minutes. It won't rise the dough but want it rest for a bit.

Divide the dough into 8 of equal size, cover them with damp towel and let them rest again for 20 minutes. Don't let it stick each other.

Dust the counter with a little bit of flour (you don't want to increase more flour flavor). Work one at a time by pat a little bit then rolling it until the dough is about 1/4 inch thick. You can put the thin tortilla on the damp towel and cover while you work on the second, third and etc so that way it won't dry it out.

Put it on the hot griddle and cook for 30 seconds. It will get blisters on each sides. You may want to cook until it gets little golden brown.

If you want the wheat tortillas- use the 100% wheat flour. My next project is to make the corn tortillas since it only needs 2 ingredients - 100% corn flour and water.

Enjoy learning to make ones and let me know what you think of that.