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Easy Homemade Tortillas

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These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they’re made with coconut oil they’re healthier for you, too!

These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they're made with coconut oil they're healthier for you, too!

I don’t know if you know this about me but…I love Mexican food.  I could probably eat tacos every day of the week and not get tired of them.  As I’m writing this I’m adding up the number of times I’ve eaten Mexican food in the last 3 days. It’s a lot of times.  I won’t tell you how many.  You’ll think I’m crazy!

So on your much anticipated Taco Tuesday you go to the fridge, pull out everything you need to make tacos only to realize you don’t have any tortillas.  Does this happen to anyone else regularly?  I feel like I’m always wanting to make something and missing one key ingredient.  Like that time I really wanted cookies and didn’t have eggs.  Luckily I was creative enough to make this delicious egg-less chocolate chip cookie.  I’ll make my own tortillas!  I thought.

 These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they're made with coconut oil they're healthier for you, too!

Then I remembered that time I tried making homemade tortillas before and it was such an epic fail I vowed never to make them again.  They were so hard to roll out and kept shrinking and I underestimated the “they cook really fast” line in the recipe and burned more than half.  I even told my mom that I would never, ever, ever make them again.  Store bought only from that moment on.  But I wanted tacos and I didn’t want to drive 20 minutes to the nearest grocery store.

So I searched for a different recipe.  I didn’t want to jinx myself with the same old horrible one from the first go round.  And the angels smiled on me here because this recipe from Maria Alison at Ten at the Table was so much easier to modify.  I’m definitely going to be making these again.  And again and again.  Because my name is Meaghan and I’m a taco addict.

These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they're made with coconut oil they're healthier for you, too!

Meaghan

These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they're made with coconut oil they're healthier for you, too!

Easy Homemade Tortillas

Yield: 10 tortillas
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • cup ½ coconut oil, melted
  • 1 cup hot water

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the dry ingredients and cut in the coconut oil with a fork.
  2. Mix in the water and knead until the dough is no longer sticky.*
  3. Divide dough evenly into 10 balls.
  4. Allow the balls to rest under a damp cloth for 30-45 minutes.
  5. Roll the balls into 8'' rounds.
  6. In a pan pre-heated to medium high heat cook tortillas for roughly 20-30 seconds on one side and 10-20 seconds on the other.
  7. Store cooked tortillas under a damp towel while you make the rest. Eat immediately or store in an airtight container.

Notes

*If your dough is dry and cracked while rolling it into balls add more water a tsp at a time until smooth. If dough is too sticky add more flour a little at a time until smooth.

These easy homemade tortillas are a great addition to your next Mexican feast! And because they're made with coconut oil they're healthier for you, too!

Paige

Wednesday 10th of February 2016

These are so great Meaghan - I've never tried making my own tortillas, but this recipe sounds really easy!!! I may give it a try for our next Taco night - my kids would love it!

Meaghan

Friday 12th of February 2016

Yes! Get them in there taking turns mixing the dough because that part is both fun and boring ;) Perfect for little hands!

~Meaghan

Whitney @ That Square Plate

Monday 8th of February 2016

OOOHH! I'm a taco addict too!! I've never made my own tortillas before, although I've definitely thought about it. I love from-scratch anything... so much better! Will have to come back to this recipe when I am ready to attempt :)

Meaghan

Friday 12th of February 2016

Yes! This one is super easy and if I can do it you and do it! Plus everything tastes better homemade :)

~Meaghan

Brian Jones

Sunday 7th of February 2016

These sound awesome, I've been meaning to try and make flour tortillas for a while and never got round to it.I assume the flour is straight up plain all purpose flour?

Meaghan

Friday 12th of February 2016

Yes! Flour is plain all purpose flour :) These are a little thicker than what you can buy in the store but oh man the taste is so much better!

~Meaghan

Mary (The Godmother @ Goodie Godmother)

Saturday 6th of February 2016

Yum! Nothing beats the satisfaction of feeling all homemaker-y after you have fresh tortillas!

Meaghan

Saturday 6th of February 2016

Yes! I do have a split second of homemaker satisfaction after making my own tortillas :P

~Meaghan

Yana

Wednesday 13th of January 2016

You're genius! Any advice for making these in a bread maker? I just got one and am addicted to using it. Or just throw it all in & let it do its magic?

Meaghan

Friday 15th of January 2016

I wouldn't recommend making tortillas in the bread maker because they don't need to rise. I let these rest to let the gluten develop so you can roll them thinner. I LOVE our bread machine because we make all our sandwich bread from scratch and I do have a couple bread machine recipes on the blog like bagels and dinner rolls if you want to take it for a spin :)

~Meaghan