This No Lard Flour Tortillas Recipe is made with 4 ingredients: Flour, oil, water and salt. Yes, these flour tortillas are also made without baking powder. They come out way better than the store-bought ones.
If you love homemade bread recipes, you should see our bazlama bread, soft dinner rolls and simit bread recipe too!
Mom has been making these no lard flour tortillas for years without knowing the name "tortilla". She uses the word flatbread instead and she’s the best cook who is good at making dough based foods. I really feel lucky as I’ve learnt a lot of recipes from her including these easy flour tortillas.
You might think that it’s crazy to make tortillas at home while you can use store-bought ones, but believe me you will love your version more! I’m sure you will want to give it a try when you read how it’s easy to make these, you just need 30 minutes or less to make your own flour tortillas. What’s more, you don’t need many ingredients and complicated kitchen tools for these easy flour tortillas!
I searched for other recipes for homemade flour tortillas to see if mom’s recipe is the same with them and saw that many of those recipes call for lard or shortening and baking powder. Mom’s recipe doesn’t have any of these, so I think we can call these healthy flour tortillas, can’t we?
About The Ingredients
You need just 4 basic ingredients to make healthy flour tortillas; flour, olive oil, water and salt. We use white flour, but you can definitely use whole wheat flour instead. This is a no-yeast bread, just like our no rise bread rolls, so you don’t have to wait for the dough to rise.
How To Make
You just combine the ingredients, make small balls from it and roll them out.
Besides it’s easier to handle this dough when compared to a dough with yeast. I mean the rolling process is a lot easier than a dough with yeast as this one is not as loose.
You can prepare the dough in a stand mixer too, but mom always prefers to make it with her hands, and so do I. You don’t need to knead it a lot, just until it holds well. It should be a soft and non-sticky dough, so you can add a little extra flour or water if you think it’s necessary.
Make small balls and let them rest 5-6 minutes before starting to roll. You can sprinkle a little flour on each to prevent them from drying.
Roll them out one by one on the floured counter and sprinkle little flour when rolling if it gets sticky. I recommend you to cook rolled out tortillas in a non-stick pan right after you finish rolling out each. Otherwise they might dry very quickly.
I mean don’t pile up the rolled out tortillas, just cook one when you roll it out and then grab the second, roll it out and cook. Repeat this until you finish the balls or ask for help from someone in your family so that he can cook in the pan when you are rolling out. We do it that way.
Expert Tips
If you are alone and have to make it yourself and if you still want to roll them all and then cook, then you should cover the rolled out tortillas well with a kitchen towel to prevent them from drying.
Another tip about these homemade flour tortillas is about the time when you take them from the pan. Prepare a big kitchen towel and cover them with it right after they are done and still hot. Let them rest under the towel so that they remain soft and flexible. If you don’t cover them, they get a bit crunchy and it gets difficult to stuff and roll them up.
How To Use Them
You can use these tortillas to make wraps. So what can you put in your wraps? How about chicken kebab doner? You can make a delicious lunch or dinner this way.
Other ideas to put in your wraps are:
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📖 Recipe
No Lard Flour Tortillas Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- 3 cups white flour
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup cold water at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup extra flour to use when rolling out
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine all ingredients well except the extra flour.
- Make small balls from the dough.
- Sprinkle a little flour on each.
- Roll them out one by one on the floured counter. Sprinkle a little flour when it gets sticky.
- Cook in a non-stick pan every time you finish one.
- Cook one tortilla at a time for about 30 seconds each side.
- Cover them with a large kitchen towl well right after you take it from the pan.
- Pile them in the same place and let them cool under the kitchen towl.
- Serve warm or cold.
NUTRITION
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
susie says
Can u use lard in this recipes?
Zerrin says
Well, I've never tried lard, so I'm not sure. I'd love to hear the result if you try the recipe with it.
precious says
do u have a whole wheat version?
vivian says
Thanks so much for this recipe. I have tried many. This one will be the one i use for good.
Gina says
Just made these last night! Easy and delicious! Thanks for sharing!!
brenda says
I grew up making flour tortillas weekly with my mom, with a authentic recipe that uses Crisco. I stopped making them and dearly missed them but worried about the lard for my family. This is an amazing alternative, I had to add more water to get consistency right (may be my area). And the only thing I might try is adding salt. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Chana says
The dough can be frozen as well as the tortillas. Be sure to cool the tortillas completely before freezing. The dough is basically like a pizza dough so, yes, freeze it as well. Love this recipe, it's almost exactly like my mom's!
Nadia Beck says
I just made these and they were fantastic! Waaaaaaayyyyyy better than the store. I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfect!
Melanie H. says
Made these tonight because I forgot to buy tortillas at the grocery store. I think I might "forget" all the time now! Super easy and delicious!!!
damaris says
how much does this recipe yield?
Zerrin says
It makes 11 tortillas.
Michele says
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I have looked EVERYWHERE for clean flour tortillas and have never found any. These are DELICIOUS and super easy! No more chemical filled store bought tortillas for us!
Kathy says
So GLAD to find this ~ had no idea it was this easy to make tortillas! Can't wait to try it ... we love eating them, & using in recipes!
Laurie says
I will definitely try these. At what temperature do you cook them?
Zerrin says
Cook them over medium heat.
Donalyn@The Creekside Cook says
Beautiful photos Zerrin - definitely a recipe I am going to try. I make my own corn tortilla, so why not flour ones? And recipes from Mom are the best!
Katforever18 says
Can you post a recipe for your Corn Tortilla's Donalyn@The Creekside Cook or tell me where to find it? Thank you for the Flour Tortilla recipe Zerrin! I've always wanted to make my own tortilla's but didn't know how. So thanks!
Anna says
@Katforever18....Normally, if you purchase a bag of Masa Flour (Corn meal flour) the k8nd used to make tamales. More than likely you can find this type flour in the baking flour aisles. But, since tortillas flour/corn tortillas you can find in the Mexican aisle to. most times the bags come with Corn tortilla revipe on the bags. You would also be surprised to find other mexican recipes on the bags for tamales, gorditas, sopes, etc,.
Hope this was helpful for you.
Anna
Zerrin says
Thanks for helping Anna!
amanda says
Will rice flour work? I'm allergic to.wheat
Kathi says
Hi, these look great. I was wondering if they could be made in large batches and frozen? Have you done that? Or is the re some way to make a big bunch and store them for a while? Thanks so much! I look forward to trying these!
Zerrin says
Never tried it, but I freeze bread loaves to use them later and have had no problem. I think these can be frozen as well.Please let me know if you try.