You can easily make thick & fluffy Flour Tortillas at home. They are perfect for falafel wraps! All you need are 5 pantry-staple ingredients.

Of course, you can buy tortillas in the store, but you can't buy THESE thick, fluffy, soft, pillowy, warm, and fresh-out-of-the-pan tortillas. The good news is that you can make them from scratch with just 5 pantry-staple ingredients.

I'm not a salad-for-lunch-girl, but I do eat wraps for lunch more often than not. So I guess I am a semi-salad-for-lunch-girl? I don't know, but I do love the endless possibilities of filling wraps. Usually, I make a big batch of my Mediterranean Tofu Scramble and use it for wrap fillings, but I would never say no to a good falafel wrap, or tempeh, or pulled jackfruit.

I love making these homemade flour tortillas really thick because they are sooo satisfying to eat. But you can also make them thinner, you can probably get double the amount of thin tortillas out of the dough.

For this recipe, I am using all-purpose wheat flour, but I also mixed flours (usually a spelt-wheat mix) in the past and in the recipe video.

How to make Vegan Flour Tortillas

As always you will find the whole recipe in the box below but I want to give you an overview of the key ingredients and basic steps with step-by-step photos first.

The ingredients

You will need:

all-purpose wheat flour - you can also use a combination of different flours e.g. 50% wheat flour and 50% spelt flour
instant yeast, dried active yeast
salt
olive oil
water - it should be lukewarm, if it is too hot it would kill the yeast

The basic steps

flour, yeast, and salt in bowl — Step 1: Combine the flour, instant yeast, and salt in a mixing bowl.

vegan pizza dough in kitchen aid — Step 2: Add the oil and water. Let it knead by a kitchen machine with a dough hook (or use a spoon to stir and then your hands to knead the dough) until it's a smooth dough.

vegan pizza dough before rising — Step 3: Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel. Let the dough rise for 2 hours.

risen pizza dough — Step 3: Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel. Let the dough rise for 2 hours.

tortilla dough divided into 4 pieces — Step 4: Divide the dough into 4 equal parts. And each piece out on a floured surface.

rolling out flour tortillas — Step 4: Divide the dough into 4 equal parts. And each piece out on a floured surface.

flour tortillas in a pan — Step 5: Heat a large pan (non-stick; without oil) until very hot. Place the tortilla in the pan and let it cook until you can see bubbles on the surface. Let it cook on the second side for 1-2 minutes max.

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Thick & Fluffy Flour Tortillas

Elephantastic Vegan

You can easily make thick & fluffy Flour Tortillas at home. They are perfect for falafel wraps! All you need are 5 pantry-staple ingredients.

4.41 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Resting Time 2

Total Time 2 25

Course Basics, Bread

Cuisine Vegan

Servings tortillas

Calories 303 kcal

Equipment

Stand Mixer

Rolling Pin

Ingredients

▢ 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour + extra for dusting
▢ 1 teaspoon instant yeast
▢ ½ teaspoon salt
▢ 1 teaspoon olive oil + more to coat the dough
▢ ⅔ cup water

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, and instant yeast. Then add the olive oil and water. Stir to combine, then knead with your hands (or use a kitchen machine with a dough hook) until it's a smooth dough. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour; if it's too crumbly, add more water.
Coat the ball of dough in a drizzle of olive oil. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it sit in a warm place until the dough doubles in size (for about 2 hours).
Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces (about 100g each). Roll out each piece on lightly floured parchment paper.
Put one tortilla in a very hot (!) large non-stick pan. Once the surface is bubbly, you can flip it. Let it cook on the second side for 1-2 minutes max. Then place it onto a kitchen towel and cover it. Add all the other tortillas to the stack in the kitchen towel as they get ready. The steam will help make them more flexible and keeps them warm.

Video

Nutrition

Serving: 1tortillaCalories: 303kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 9gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 296mgPotassium: 112mgFiber: 3gSugar: 0.2gVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 4mg

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