Flour Tortillas
These homemade flour tortillas are super easy to make, they are soft, and they are the perfect tortilla for flautas, enchiladas, burritos, or just with melted butter on them.
Servings: 16 Tortillas
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup butter, plus 2 tablespoons, room temperature
- 1¾ cups hot water
- 1½ teaspoons salt, add to hot water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add butter to the flour and mix until lumps are removed.
- Pour hot salted water into the flour mixture and mix dough until combined then place dough on a clean flat surface and work dough until dough is soft and pliable, about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, lightly wipe with vegetable oil and place dough into the bowl. Cover with a clean dish towel and let rest for about 1 hour.
- Remove dough from the bowl, pinch off dough and roll into a ball (about the size of a small orange).
- Lightly flour a flat surface and roll out each dough ball.
- Heat a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat and cook tortillas for approximately 30 seconds - 1 minute on each side or until light brown spots appear then flip over and cook the other side.
Notes
- Fully soften your butter to easily mix it into the flour. You want a smooth mixture, not crumbly.
- Your water should be at a rolling boil before you pour it into the flour and butter mixture.
- Always give your dough at least an hour to rest so it's easy to work with.
- Watch your tortillas carefully when cooking them. They're very thin and don't take much time at all to cook.