I’ve been sitting here for ages trying to figure out what to say about these tortillas. If you’ve been gluten free for long, you can understand why I’m speechless. The wonder of it all . . . to have tortillas that bend without breaking; that are big enough to actually wrap around something; that taste like flour tortillas.
And again, if you’ve been gluten free for long I’ve probably already said enough to convince you to try these. They are inspired by a recipe of Bette Hagman’s, but I’ve changed up the flour mix to add nutritional value (gotta love the iron and fiber in the bean flours) and made the recipe casein free.
If you’d like an idea for something to put into these incredible tortillas, try my recipe for “Last of the Sweet Potatoes Soft Tacos” and stop back by on Friday for a tutorial on rolling tortillas.
Gluten Free Flour Tortillas
(makes 8 tortillas that are gluten free and casein free)
2 c. Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour Mix
1 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 c. warm water
1. Add the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix the ingredients thoroughly. (I do this with my hand)
2. Add the cup of warm water to the bowl and mix the dry goods into the water with your hand. Just squish it all up until all of the dry ingredients are no longer dry. And then keep mixing a minute longer because it’s fun and we should all be pretend we’re kids once in a blue moon. =)
3. Separate the dough into 8 pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Place all but one of the dough balls back into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap until you’re ready to work with them.
4. Sprinkle a clean, flat surface with a bit of rice flour and then roll you dough ball into a roughly circular shape. Get is as thin as possible. (If you need some practice on rolling out dough, check back here Friday for a tortilla rolling tutorial)
5. Throw the tortilla onto a hot griddle (I use a cast iron griddle on medium heat with just a smidge of shortening or oil) and let it cook approximately 1 minute – or until it has started puffing up and the bottom side is developing those lovely brown spots. Flip the tortilla and cook the other side until is toasty as well.
6. Slide the cooked tortilla onto a waiting plate and repeat from step 4 until you’ve cooked all 8 tortillas. I generally roll one tortilla out while another is cooking, so that there’s is always a tortilla on the gridle.
Cook’s Notes: If you’re allergic to soy, I have substituted Fava/Garbanzo flour for the soy flour with success. If you’re allergic to corn, try tapioca starch instead of the corn starch and almond meal instead of the masa harina.
I use to make home made tortillas daily before my son became autistic eight and a half years ago. I had to make the house completely gluten and dairy free (eventually soy free as well) so that meant no more home made flour tortillas. We have lived a life of store bought corn tortillas and not very good ones either, until today. These are EXACTLY the same as the ones I use to cook before we went gluten free (without the gluten of course). I am beyond excited. I don’t bake, or cook complicated things, and these were so easy with few ingredients. I can’t tell you how happy my whole family is now!!
Letting them rest is a good idea, as well as using warm water. Those were both your suggestions as well as things I did with the original gluten ones I use to make. The texture was EXACTLY the same. I used a premixed “all purpose flour” btw. I used Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Flour Mix. No grainy texture and no weird smell once it was cooked.
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve tried so many tortilla recipes without success – I have a good feeling about these! Looks like they make quite a few. I’m single. How well do they keep? Have you frozen any? Thanks!
Delighted! I just made a batch and they are good. I had purchased rice tortillas at a well known store and
ended up throwing them out(yuk). I was very happy to find your receipe and I am very happy with the results!
Thank you!
These are absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe. My 2-year-old loves them. Such a welcome change from the store-bought rice tortillas we’ve been choking down. I’ll be making these every week from now on. Thanks!!
P.S. I wrote a post about these tortillas: http://dreamimaginehappen.blogspot.com/2010/01/tortilla-heaven.html. And I added you to my blogroll. Thanks again!
where can i buy the gluten free al purpose flour. i live in toronto canada