Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Homemade Flour Tortilla's

Because I don't already have enough to do with a 7 month old and two dogs (who are currently driving me nuts. The dogs not the 7 month old.) I have decided I want to start making a lot more things from scratch. I saw a recipe for homemade tortilla shells on Pinterest (HERE) and I had all of the ingredients on hand so I decided to give them a try. I changed the recipe up a bit... here is my version.


Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup water
1 tbs butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking power

Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together. With a fork add the butter mixing it in well. Add water. I ended up adding about 2 more tbs of water.

Separate into 12 same size balls and I let them sit for about 10-15 minutes.

On a floured surface roll each ball out. It helps if you flatten the balls a bit before rolling.
Most of mine were not this nice and round :)

Place them one at a time on a pan over medium heat. I did each side for about 15 seconds, which was the perfect time for mine.


They turned out nice and soft. I tasted one plain and the flour was great too - they tasted, well homemade :) I can't wait to make some dinner with these. For now they are in a sealed container. If we like them enough I'll be looking for a tortilla press like this one so they will be shaped better :)

1 comment:

  1. We used to have a press - I'll have dad check .... in exchange for a few of those yummy tortilla's :)

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