Grammy's Kitchen · Flour Tortillas · Sourdough Flour Tortillas (made with discard

One of 22 flour tortillas recipes we measured

Sourdough Flour Tortillas (made with discard or not)

from alexandracooks.com

It ranks #1 of 22 for char depth among the flour tortillas recipes we compared. 219 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on25m
waiting30 min
makes6
each$0.13
levelintermediate
Needs:sourdough_starterAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.

this recipe typical
liquid48%74%
fat27%19%
salt3%2%
yeast0%1%
flour strength1.01.0

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 22 for char depth
  • #1 of 22 for crumb openness
  • #5 of 22 for flavour depth
  • #22 of 22 for rise

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

210 g210 g (1.5 heaping cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
7 g7 g (1 1/4 teaspoons) kosher salt
56 g56 g (1/4 cup) softened butter
100 g100 g water (1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon)
100 g100 g (1/2 cup) sourdough starter

Method: 8 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I’ve made this recipe several times, for my family and for friends.  I tried making it with lard instead of butter, but the butter is so much tastier, in my opinion.  I’ve used my tortilla press successfully on a very well rested dough and I roll them a little” — a cook, 5.0★
“I never leave comments but I had to for this recipe which I have made over and over again. It never misses and is so easy. The tortillas are soooooo much better than store bought. My only issue is stopping everyone in the house (including myself) from eating t” — a cook, 5.0★
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