{"id":1594,"slug":"homemade-wheat-tortillas","title":"Homemade Wheat Tortillas","description":"Tortillas are a type of flatbread popular in Mexico and Central America commonly made from wheat flour or masa. This recipe is for the wheat flour variety; see Corn Tortilla for the masa version..","ingredients_raw":["4 cups (950 ml) unbleached all-purpose flour","2 teaspoons salt","2 tablespoons lard or vegetable shortening","1½ cups (360 ml) warm water, or more if needed","4 teaspoons baking powder (optional, for thicker and chewier tortillas)"],"ingredients_norm":["unbleached all purpose flour","salt","lard or vegetable shortening","warm water","baking powder"],"steps":["In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt and baking powder.","With a pastry blender, a fork, or your hands, gradually work in the lard or shortening until it is all incorporated.","Add enough warm water to make a soft but not sticky dough.","Turn out onto a lightly-floured board and knead for 5 minutes.","Divide the dough into ¼ cup (3 oz / 90 g) portions and form them into balls.","Roll each ball into a flat round about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter and ⅛ inches (0.3 cm) thick. You can use a tortilla press for this.","Heat a large heavy skillet over medium high heat.","Place the tortillas one at a time into the dry (or very lightly oiled) hot skillet; cook until browned in spots on one side, then turn and brown the other in spots side (about 1 minute/side)","Remove from the skillet and keep warm in cloth towel."],"categories":["Flatbread recipes","Pan fried recipes","Mexican recipes","Tex-Mex recipes","Recipes for flatbread","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using lard"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Homemade_Wheat_Tortillas","source_ref":"4512692","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Homemade_Wheat_Tortillas&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"9a69ea2febfdb9c67c7f42b525e3c969552a67b53e8bd627e34b234dc4daac61","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:04Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/homemade-wheat-tortillas"}