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homemade flour tortillas with top tortilla folded

Simple Homemade Flour Tortilla

Homemade flour tortilla recipe. Made simply with common pantry ingredients.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8 tortillas

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup hot water
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (or other oil of choice)

Instructions
 

  • Mix flour and salt together in a large bowl. Add in hot water and oil. Mix together and knead dough until smooth. Should only need a minute or two of kneading.
  • Cover and let rest for at least 15 minutes.
  • Split dough into 8 equal portions and form into small balls.
  • Heat a frying pan on medium heat without oil.
  • Dust work surface if needed and roll out a ball of dough into a circle roughly 8 inches (20cm) in diameter.
  • Cook the tortilla in the frying pan for 45 seconds to 1 minute then flip and cook another 30 to 45 seconds. Stack in a folded over towel to cool.
  • Repeat rolling out and cooking with remaining dough balls.
Keyword bread, dough, wrap
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