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Homemade whole wheat tortillas

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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!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8 tortillas
Course: Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories: 147
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Then add the olive oil.
  2. Now slowly add warm water while stirring with a (wooden) spatula, until a rough dough comes together.
  3. 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.
  4. 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!
  5. Now heat up a (cast iron) skillet over medium high heat and grease it lightly with a bit of olive oil.
  6. Slide a tortilla into the skillet and let it cook until bubbles form, for about 1 minute. Flip over and cook another minute.
  7. 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.
  8. 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:
the information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice.