Grammy's Kitchen · Flour Tortillas · Sourdough Flour Tortillas (made with discard
One of 22 flour tortillas recipes we measured
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★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 48% | 74% |
| fat | 27% | 19% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| yeast | 0% | 1% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 210 g | 210 g (1.5 heaping cups) unbleached all-purpose flour |
| 7 g | 7 g (1 1/4 teaspoons) kosher salt |
| 56 g | 56 g (1/4 cup) softened butter |
| 100 g | 100 g water (1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon) |
| 100 g | 100 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★