Best Ever Flour Tortillas

Name: Best Ever Flour Tortillas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil; 1 cup warm water

March 2, 2023 by Sandra 117 Comments

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Best Ever Flour Tortillas are so easy & delicious that once you make these, you’ll never return to store-bought tortillas again.

I always thought that you’d have to slave away for an entire day to make homemade tortillas, but I learned that is not the case with these Best Ever Flour Tortillas.

For years I have wanted to make a flour tortilla recipe. This recipe makes tortillas that are thin, light, and savory. Once you make these authentic flour tortillas, you will hate buying store-bought tortillas.

I love that this recipe uses oil, so this is a tortilla recipe with no lard. I also have a Corn Tortilla recipe and Whole Wheat Tortillas that I’d love to share.

Here are some of my favorite ways to use these Best Ever Flour Tortillas. This Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken is my family’s most requested recipe. Slow Cooker Chipotle Barbecue Chicken is a summer hit! One Pan Southwestern Pork Tenderloin is easy and full of flavor.

Recently I visited Mexico on a 7-day Mexican Riveria cruise. I had the BEST tacos ever at the last port in Cabo San Lucas. After I finished a morning of swimming with dolphins, I worked up an appetite.

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My friend, Courtney, found a few taco shops, and we decided we needed to try 6 of them. At the first one, we found perfection. I didn’t need to look any further. So instead, we ordered and ate four more tacos from this tiny place, then topped it off with gelato at another location. I still dream about these tacos – seriously amazing!

While these tacos we had were corn tortillas, I love flour! Which do you prefer?

I love that the Ruby Princess gave me truly authentic food and experiences while traveling aboard this luxury ship. It was paradise drinking Mojitos poolside, then riding horseback up to a beautiful waterfall the next day, eating top-chef-created delicacies, swimming with dolphins, and eating the best authentic Mexican food on this planet.

These experiences inspired me. Not only to get out and experience more but to create more authentic food.

Flour Tortilla dough in a bowl with an up close cookie scoop full of dough

While the tacos I had in Mexico were made with corn tortillas, my family doesn’t care for soft corn tortillas; they like crunchy corn tacos. And well, I wouldn’t say I like crunchy tacos.

Flour Tortilla dough being rolled out on a floured countertop with a wooden rolling pin

For the past few years, I have been making homemade flour tortillas. I love making them with a rolling pin or a tortilla press- use whichever you prefer.

Returning from the Ruby Princess cruise, I became even more energized to make the best possible tortillas, leading to the best-ever tacos! I searched and can’t get over how deliciously easy these tortillas are. After trial and error, I stuck with this recipe and have been using it ever since. I seriously can’t find a better one.

So while I am sitting here daydreaming about being on the sandy beaches of Mexico or up in the Sanctuary of the Ruby Princess, I will make these Best Ever Flour Tortillas, hoping that it will make me feel like I’m back there wiggling my toes in the sand or laying poolside with the best ever tacos in hand.

Best Ever Flour Tortillas are so easy & delicious that once you make these you'll never go back to store bought tortillas again.

How do you make Best Ever Flour Tortillas?

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder.

Sift together; stir in vegetable oil.

Stir together until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Add warm water to the flour mixture.

Stir until combined.

For taco-sized tortillas, use a cookie dough scooper

For burrito-sized tortillas, use an ice cream scooper

Scoop dough into balls.

Set the balls of dough on a floured surface.

Cover the dough balls with a light dry kitchen towel and let them rest for 20-30 minutes.

Flatten the dough into round flat balls and roll out with a rolling pin.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until the pan is hot.

Then reduce heat to medium.

Set one tortilla in the pan, and cook until it starts to bubble on the side that is up, which tells you it is ready to flip.

Flip the tortilla and cook on the other side for 30-45 seconds or until golden brown.

Repeat with remaining tortillas.

I set my cooked tortillas on a clean kitchen towel, and then once they are all cooked, I wrap them in that towel until I am ready to serve.

If I am not serving until the next day, I store them in a gallon Ziplock bag once they all cool.

Recipes with tortillas

Homemade Taco Seasoning
Crock Pot Chicken Tacos
Best Taco Meat Recipe
Chipotle Lime Shrimp Tacos

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