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Best homemade flour tortillas recipe

Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe (Without Baking Soda)

Marinela Malcheva
The best homemade flour tortillas recipe you can make with just 4 ingredients. No mixer, no tortilla press, and no yeast are needed. Making simple DIY tortillas without baking powder, butter, lard, or shortening is super easy and affordable. These warm unleavened flatbreads are thin, soft, bubbly, yeast-free, and perfect for wrapping, folding, or topping. Unbelievably flavorful, super cheap, and so versatile. They can be made ahead and warmed on the stovetop or in the microwave just before serving.
4.63 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Mexican-inspired, Vegan
Servings 10 tortillas
Calories 317 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 Non-stick frying pan or heavy-bottomed skillet/cast iron pan
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 Clean kitchen towel

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups + 2 tbsp all purpose flour leveled
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil or any unflavored vegetable oil
  • 1 cup warm water
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt

Instructions
 

  • First, in a large bowl whisk together flour and salt.
    All purpose flour and salt in a bowl with a wisk
  • After that add olive oil and mix until you get a crumbly mixture. Then gradually mix in warm water until the dough starts to come together.
    Hand kneading dough in a plastic blue bowl
  • Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth for 3-4 minutes. Add flour as needed.
    Female hand kneading dough without yeast on white surface
  • Dust with flour the bottom of the bowl you previously used, transfer the dough to it, and cover it with a clean kitchen towel. Let it rest for at least 15 minutes to 1 hour. This will make it easier to roll out.
    Unleavened dough for tortillas coverd with a clean dish cloth
  • After resting, knead the dough again for 1 minute and divide it into 10 equal portions. With your hands, form a ball from each portion and roll it out into a thin disk (6-7 inches) with a rolling pin. Keep the remaining portions covered with a dish towel.
    Female hands rolling out dough for tortillas with a wooden rolling pin
  • After you have rolled out 2-3 tortillas heat a dry non-stick frying pan, heavy-bottomed skillet, or a cast iron pan over medium-high heat. Wait until the pan is hot to place on the first tortilla. Cook each side for 35-50 seconds or until it puffs up and gets nice brown spots. If your tortillas are cooking slowly increase the heat. But be cautious, if the pan starts smoking and browns the tortillas quickly, turn the heat down again. Transfer the cooked tortilla to a kitchen towel and cover. While one tortilla is cooking, roll out the remaining tortillas. Repeat the same with the rest.
    Thin and soft DIY tortilla without baking soda or yeast is cooking in a non stick frying pan on stovetop
  • After cooking, stack your tortillas and cover them entirely with a dishcloth to let them steam and be soft. Serve warm stuffed with this Mediterranean black bean and corn salad, alongside vegan scrambled eggs, with high-protein vegan tuna salad, or creamy red lentil soup. Maybe this sounds unusual to you but I like eating these tender tortillas with a generous spread of peanut butter and cranberry orange sauce. You should definitely give this combo a try.
    Store cooled leftovers in a resealable plastic bag, at room temperature for 4-5 days. Reheat in a heated pan, skillet, or microwave until warm and pliable.
    Simple DIY flour tortillas with fresh red and green peppers and homemade cheese sauce on wooden background

Notes

  • It's important to roll your tortillas fairly thin with the same thickness all around the edges. The thinner, the better. Thick tortillas won't be soft.
  • Use extra virgin olive oil or any unflavored oil (sunflower or avocado oil). I don't recommend coconut or peanut oil since this will affect the taste of the dough.
  • It's important to let the dough rest before rolling out, in this way the glutens are released and the dough becomes elastic and stretchy.
  • While you are cooking the tortillas keep each cooked tortilla stacked one upon another and wrapped in a clean kitchen towel. In this way, the residual steam stays trapped in the towel and keeps them warm and moist.
  • If your tortillas are hard after cooking you either cooked them longer than necessary or on very high heat. Adjust the heat to medium-high and cook until you see nice bubbles and light brown spots on each side (see the photos above).

Nutrition

Calories: 317kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 8gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 119mgPotassium: 79mgFiber: 2gSugar: 0.2gCalcium: 12mgIron: 3mg
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