Homemade whole wheat tortillas
Hearty whole wheat tortillas are a staple in this household. We use them from breakfast burritos to wraps and so much more! Made from scratch, only 4 ingredients, so easy to make!
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups whole wheat flour (I like to use white whole wheat flour, but if not available you can just use regular whole wheat flour. For a 'softer' texture you can use 1½ cup of ww flour and 1½ cup of regular all purpose flour)
- ¾ cup all purpose flour (or bread flour)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp salt
- 5 tbsp olive oil (plus extra to lightly grease the skillet)(or sub oil for butter)
- 1 cup hot water
Instructions
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Then add the olive oil.
- Now slowly add warm water while stirring with a (wooden) spatula, until a rough dough comes together.
- Turn the dough onto the countertop and knead for a couple of minutes until the dough becomes more flexible and stretchy. I would suggest not to add too much flour; I found this dough doesn't stick too much to my countertop. Excessive use of flour (on the countertop) will make the tortillas dry.Let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 8-12 balls (depending on how large you want your tortillas to be. Use a rolling pin to roll them out. You want them to be very thin!
- Now heat up a (cast iron) skillet over medium high heat and grease it lightly with a bit of olive oil.
- Slide a tortilla into the skillet and let it cook until bubbles form, for about 1 minute. Flip over and cook another minute.
- Transfer to a plate. Eat straight away or let them cool of and either store them in a resealable bag in the refrigerator or freeze them.
- To warm them up again, either heat them in a pan over low heat or for just a minute or use the microwave (360W/ ½ minute).
Notes
Nutritional information:
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