Daly Fuel: Whole Wheat Tortillas

Whole Wheat Tortillas

We use tortillas A LOT in our meals. They're great for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even a snack! However, they get quite expensive to buy in larger quantities and the store brand versions have so many added ingredients, it's ridiculous. So, I finally sat down and made my own. They were SO easy to make and they are definitely better than anything you can find in the stores!

Ingredients:

3 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
6 Tablespoons Coconut or Avocado Oil
1 1/4 Cups Warm Water (heat in microwave for 45 seconds)

Directions:

Place the whole wheat flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Wisk them together completely.

Add the oil and blend the mixture together with your hands. Then, add the water and knead all ingredients together until the dough becomes thoroughly mixed and forms a ball.

Place the ball of dough back into the bowl, cover it with a towel and allow it to sit for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, pull out the large ball of dough and divide it into 10 smaller balls of dough, all roughly the same size.

Place a skillet on med heat.

Take one ball of dough and flatten it into a circle-shaped tortilla using a rolling pin. You want it to be fairly thin, not thick, but take care not to make it so thin that it rips or tears.

Once you've rolled it out to the right size, place it in the skillet. After about a minute, flip it over and allow it to cook the other side for another minute to minute and a half. You don't want them to burn, so be sure to keep watch over them. Once it's done cooking, store it in a lidded container (I used a glass lidded dish) to keep them soft and warm while you cook rest.

Repeat the process with the other 9 smaller balls of dough. Once you're finished, you can use them right away in your meals.

If you'd like to save them for later, you can place them in a storage bag and store them in the refrigerator. If you'd like to freeze the tortillas, separate each tortilla with parchment or wax paper, to make individual removal easy, and place them all in a storage bag in the freezer.

Yields: 10 Tortillas

Dough ball formed after mixing all ingredients together.