I may have mentioned that I spent a good bit of my childhood in my grandmother’s kitchen…mostly gossiping and watching her cook, but occasionally I would give her a hand. I remember using an old wooden rolling pin to help her whip out loads of tortillas for a table-full of hungry children. We’d load these magical discs (nobody made ’em like Grandma) with all sorts of things–beans, guac, butter, you name it…
So after years of trying, I finally got the magical recipe out of Grandma, veganized it, and made a batch of my own. And let me tell you–what these tortillas lack in beauty, they most certainly make up for in taste!
Grandma’s Homemade Flour Tortillas (sorta)
2 c unbleached white flour (plus extra for rolling)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon evaporated cane sweetener
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 c vegetable shortening
3/4 c unsweetened almond milk (luke warm)
In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix well with fork. Add shortening and mix with fingers until consistency is even. Add almond milk and knead well (about 3-5 minutes). Separate dough into 8 equal parts, creating small dough balls.
Generously dust a large, flat surface with flour. Using a rolling pin (or a sanitized wine bottle…not kidding), roll out each ball into a round, flat shape. Use additional flour to dust balls as you roll them out.
Heat griddle to medium-high heat. Thoroughly cook each tortilla (roughly 1 minute on each side).
Store uncooked tortillas on a large plate, separated by parchment paper. Cover plate with plastic wrap. Uncooked tortillas can be stored up to 3 days in refrigerator.
Feel free to load these up with whatever you like…or don’t. They’re great all by themselves, too!
Great post! We have been wanting to make our own for a long time now. We will have to try this, you make it look easy
OH yeah.
Those look so freakin good. For real.
Yum – love those soft tortillas! Hooray for vegan-minded Texans
These look so amazingly good. I’ve still yet to make homemade tortillas.
My mom used a wine bottle with a sock on it for a rolling pin.