Homemade Flour Tortillas

I must apologize for being away for soooooooo long.  Working full-time, volunteering in my church playing piano, being with my wonderful boyfriend and our "children, while trying to keep up a blog and fend off illness and other disasters has proven difficult.  My plan is to try to do better because I certainly haven't stopped experimenting with recipes since April, I just haven't had time to post them!  I hope to clear that up over the next couple of weeks, since I have lots of pictures and lots of recipes that I've tried and loved and some I tried and didn't love as much :) I've spent a great deal of the last few months re-evaluating who I am and who I want in my life.  As anyone who as gone through this process, it takes up a lot of time.  I have come to realize that the people you expect to be there, won't always be there and the one's you didn't count on will pull-through in a big way.  I've struggled with many issues through my 28 years, most happening while I was a child and some since college.  After all this time, I've come to terms with the reality and faced-up to the disappoint that the problems I had with some people will never change.  They will never see the situation from another's perspective and it is time I dealt with the hurt of all of that.  I realize I am getting deep in this blog, esepcially when it's titlted - "Homemade Tortillas Recipe".  However, I wanted to explain my abscence and while I've sat down to write a blog several times, something has happened and my focus had to be shifted to that situation.  I don't have many followers on this blog, but to whomever does follow me, my apologies for the hiatus, I had an "emotional" breakdown of sorts and could only handle so much! :) On to the recipe...

Since moving out on my own, I have always loved making tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc, but hate paying for tortillas - especially now as the price climbs and climbs.  I never found a recipe that was simple and could be made quickly, until this one.  It comes from Taste of Home and it doesn't get any easier than this:

Recipe:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c water
3 tbsp Olive Oil

I told you this was simple :)

Start by combining the flour and salt in a large bowl.  Stir in the water and the oil. 

Next roll out the dough on a floured surface and knead 10-12 times.  You may need to add some flour or water to smooth out the dough.  Divide dough in equal portions, I got 10 - the recipes says you'll get 8 :)

Now take each ball of dough and roll out to make your tortilla.  Do not worry about them looking like a circle, they still eat the same :)

As you can see, mine are not round, more oval.  Some were even more oddly shaped, gives them character.

Now, heat a large non-stick skillet and once heated spray with cooking spray.  Add a tortilla and let cook until bubbles start to form.  Depending on your stove this may take a little time.  The trick is to let the pan get hot, spray with cooking spray (not a lot) and then set the tortilla in.  Once it starts to bubble, turn over and let cook on the other side - watching for more bubbling.  You can check them to see how they are doing, the preference is all yours on how brown to make them.  Once done, place on a plate and cover and repeat with each dough ball

Viola! Now fill them with whatever you desire and enjoy!

I get messy when working with flour ;)


Enjoy and let me know your fun stories when making these delicious treats!

The best part about these is you can double, triple, etc the recipe and freeze the leftovers for use later!  Freezer friendly is always a plus in my eyes!