Easy Flour Tortillas From Scratch

Easy Flour Tortillas From Scratch

Easy Flour Tortillas From Scratch

Elevate your next Mexican meal with these incredible flour tortillas from scratch. The perfect vehicle for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and more, these tortillas manage to be soft, pliable, and sturdy all at once. Plus they're amazingly easy to make - five ingredients and no special equipment.

Course Main

Cuisine American, Mexican, Tex-Mex

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings 16 tortillas

Calories 124kcal

Author Monica | Nourish + Fete

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil, shortening, or lard 
• 1 cup hot water

Instructions

Stand Mixer Instructions

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix briefly to combine.
• With the mixer running at medium speed, add oil and water. Mix for 1-2 minutes, stopping at least once to scrape the sides of the bowl. After the dough begins to come together into a ball, reduce mixer speed to low and continue mixing for 1-2 minutes, until dough is smooth.

Mix by Hand Instructions

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Whisk briefly to combine, then add vegetable oil. Stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Pour in warm water and stir to combine. Knead briefly with well-floured hands until the mixture comes together into a craggy dough.

Either way, to proceed..

• Whether you used a stand mixer or your hands, transfer dough at this point from the mixing bowl to a well-floured work surface. Divide into 16 roughly equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and flatten slightly with the palm of your hand. Cover flattened balls of dough with a clean kitchen towel, and allow to rest for at least 15 minutes and up to an hour.
• When ready to cook, warm a large cast-iron or heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat.
• Keeping the work surface and rolling pin lightly floured, roll each dough ball into a circle about 6” in diameter. (Try not to stack the rolled tortillas on top of one another - this makes it more difficult to transfer them to the pan. If you need additional staging area, a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper works well.)
• Transfer tortillas one at a time into the hot skillet. Cook for about 1 minute, until small bubbles form on the top and brown spots form on the bottom surface. (If it takes much longer than a minute to see golden brown spots on the underside, increase the heat slightly. If instead the tortilla browns too much or too quickly, reduce the heat.) Flip and cook the other side for about 30 seconds.
• Remove from the pan and stack cooked tortillas loosely wrapped in a clean kitchen towel. (This will keep them soft, pliable, and warm.)
• Serve immediately or allow to cool for later use. Tortillas can be stored for 2-3 days in the fridge in a plastic zip-top bag; before using, wrap tortillas in slightly damp paper towel and microwave for 15-30 seconds. Tortillas can also be frozen for 2-3 months; to freeze, separate tortillas with sheets of parchment or waxed paper and store in a zip-top freezer bag.

Notes

Adapted from Cooks.com via A Dash of Sanity and The Cafe Sucre Farine

 

Nutrition

Serving: 1tortilla | Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 50mg | Calcium: 1.4% | Iron: 6.2%

Italian Bow Tie Cookies

Italian Bow Tie Cookies

Bows and Ribbons of Fried Sweetened Dough

4.5 Stars (17 Reviews)

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A very traditional Italian treat known by lots of different names in Italy. Typically made for Carnevale and Christmas.

Ingredients

• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 cup (2 oz) sugar
• 1/4 cup (2 oz) Scotch whisky (or any similar, clear liquor)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 3/4 cups (12 oz) flour
• oil for frying
• powdered (confectioner's) sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Using a stand mixer, place eggs, sugar, salt, and whisky in a large bowl and mix for two minutes or so (if making by hand, combine the ingredients, and stir well with a wooden spoon.)
2. Add one cup (in UK, just use a regular cup-no need to measure) of flour and mix well.
3. Add the remaining flour and mix until a slightly sticky dough forms.
4. With hands, shape dough into a ball and refrigerate, covered, for about an hour.
5. Remove from fridge and cut dough in half and roll out one piece very thinly, on floured workspace.
6. Dough will be elastic, but re-roll it if it gets too thick. Using a knife or cutter to cut into strips.
7. Cut a strip: no size is right or wrong, but about 6 or 7 inches is a good size. Make a little cut towards one end. Now place the opposite end through that slit, and pull through to make a ribbon shape. Repeat, until all of dough is used.
8. Meanwhile, heat some oil in a pot or deep fryer (I use a wok) until hot. Before dropping the pastry in the oil, pull and stretch each one, so that it is thinner (as they shrink after being shaped) then begin frying the pastries until puffed and light brown on each side.
9. Remove and place on a paper towel lined plate to cool.
10. When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar (or decorate with icing, or honey.)

Notes

It is really difficult to say how many this makes because it depends on what size and shape and thickness you make them.

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Pre baked croissants

Cut out center slice on croissants

Bake at 375 for 5 minutes

5 Eggs

2 tbsp milk

Mix

1 cup shredded cheddar

6 slices of cooked bacon

3 tbsp chives

Salt and pepper

Mix

Fill center of croissants

Bake 375 for 20 – 25 min

Homemade Citrus Scented Bath Salts Recipe

Homemade Citrus Scented Bath Salts Recipe

Mineral and Dead Sea Salt (found at Michaels & Hobby Lobby)

2-3 drops orange essential oil

2-3 drops lemon essential oil

1 tbsp orange zest

1 tbsp lemon zest

In a bowl mix together ingredients until well combined. The orange and lemon zest will naturally color the bath salts, which gives is the bright yellow color you see in the picture. Once your ingredients are mixed together pour them into a mason jar or another air tight container.