Homemade Tortillas

Name: Homemade Tortillas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup melted grass fed butter; 1 cup filtered water; 1 teaspoon Redmond Real Salt; 1 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder (optional); 1 1/2 cups King Arthur organic AP flour; 1 1/2 cups Jovial organic Einkorn Flour (this is easily digested by even people with gluten sensitivities as it is an ancient wheat that has never been hybridized); Splash avocado oil

10 steps

Prep:20minCook:12min

Makes 8-16 tortillas depending on the size you prefer. I like to make 10-12.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:17:39 GMT

Ingredients

12 servings

⅓ cupbutter

melted, grass fed

1 cupwater

filtered

1 teaspoonReal Salt

1 teaspoonaluminum free baking powder

optional

1 ½ cupsAP flour

organic

1 ½ cupsEinkorn Flour

organic, this is easily digested by even people with gluten sensitivities as it is an ancient wheat that has never been hybridized

avocado oil

Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a large mixing bowl

butter⅓ cup

Step 2

Add water, salt, and baking powder. Mix.

water1 cup

Real Salt1 teaspoon

aluminum free baking powder1 teaspoon

Step 3

Sift in both flours.

AP flour1 ½ cups

Einkorn Flour1 ½ cups

Step 4

Mix until a shaggy dough ball forms.

Step 5

Lightly flour your counter or other surface and dump mixture out and knead for 2-3 minutes.

Step 6

Cut into 8 -16 even pieces and roll into balls. Place balls back into mixing bowl and cover with a towel. Let sit for at least 15 minutes up to 1 hour.

Kitchen Towel

Step 7

Preheat a cast iron or ceramic skillet to medium low with a small dab of avocado oil.

Cast Iron Skillet

Step 8

After resting either use a tortilla press or a rolling pin (on a piece of parchment paper) to roll out a thin tortilla.

Rolling pin

Parchment paper

Step 9

Immediately Place in the skillet and cook about 30-45 seconds then flip and cook for another 30-45 seconds. Adjust temperature if necessary. While each tortilla is cooking, roll out the next one.