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Delicious Homemade Tortilla Recipe (Only 5 Simple Ingredients)

Say hello to the simplest, best tasting, fresh homemade tortillas you've ever tasted! Great for tacos, breakfast tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, and so much more! Soft, buttery, melt in your mouth, authentic goodness. Need I say more?
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Hands Off Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 15 tortillas

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups all purpose flour 400g
  • 1 tbsp baking powder 14g
  • 1-2 tsp salt (use 1 tsp if using salted butter) 6-12g
  • 1/2 cup butter (or olive oil would work too) 113g
  • 1 cup hot water or warm milk

Instructions
 

  • Stir butter into hot water until melted and let it come to room temperature.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Pour butter/water mixture into flour mixture and mix well. The dough should be wet and sticky, but workable.
  • Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and fold it over itself, kneading it until it comes together to form a nice ball.
  • Place the ball back into your bowl and cover with a towel or plastic wrap. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
  • Break off pieces of your dough and roll them into balls. I do 25-30g balls for smaller tortillas for tacos or fajitas. I do 50-60g balls for bigger tortillas for burritos.
  • Place the balls back into the bowl and cover again. Let rest for 10 minutes.
  • Heat up your griddle or skillet on medium heat.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll each ball out into a thin circle on a floured work surface and place on the hot griddle. (See note for some tips on rolling the tortillas out.)
  • Once there are bubbles throughout the tortilla, flip it over. There should now be big bubbles forming in the tortillas, if it's not turn your heat up a little bit.
  • Flip them a second time back to the original side and let it cook for a few more seconds then remove and place on a plate covered with a towel to keep them warm.
  • Repeat until all tortillas are finished and enjoy!

Notes

There is a trick to rolling out perfectly round tortillas.
First, take your dough ball and press it down slightly with your palm on your floured work surface. Flip it over and do that again. You aren't flattening it out, just giving it a little help in the direction it should go.
Using your rolling pin, you want to start in the center of the dough and roll up. Now, here's the trick: DO NOT roll all the way to the edges. Stop before you get to the edge. Then, go back to the center of the dough and roll down.
Rotate your dough 90 degrees and repeat the process.
You always want to start your roll in the center and go up and then down. You aren't trying to go all different directions of the dough.
Trust the process and I promise you'll be surprised at how uniform your tortillas will be.
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