Sunnyboysx3 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I am trying "once again" to make homemade flour tortillas, and once again they do not roll up with out breaking? End result flat bread (I guess). My intention was to make burritos tonight. Any suggestions? Link to comment
Jamica Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I just buy premade ones at the store. There cheap and easy, and heat them up before trying to roll them. Link to comment
MommyofSeven Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 What do you mean roll up? like to wrap around burritos? Maybe, for tonight, tear them into shreds and do more like a mexican lasagne. All the same stuff, just in a casserole dish. Mo7 Link to comment
Grubby Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I too have this problem when I make tortillas. My problem is that they are too thick. The ones you get from the store are like paper thin, there is no way that they are going to break. Is this your problem too? If it is, than we need to get an expert in here and help us figure out why they are getting too thick. Are your tortillas flour or corn? Mine are flour. Link to comment
Vic303 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 If you make homemade flour tortillas you will want to steam them for use if you plan to roll them. You can get a screen steamer at most bigbox stores (aka walmart) or you can use a bread cooling rack or anything else to suspend the tortilla over boiling water. Link to comment
Sunnyboysx3 Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 I use flour. Yes, wrap around the filling. Vic303, steam them, yes....I will try that and also try rolling the dough thinner. Mo7, now that sounds good! I do usually buy them at the store but the prices are 1.99 for 10 if you buy 3 packages. With a family of 5 you can imagine how quickly they get eaten up, we just love wraps! Thanks. Link to comment
Jamica Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I can't believe they are that high where you are. I can get them here where I live for around $1.79 for 10-12 of them. We make home made quesadias allot here so I keep them around. I don't think I would buy them as often if they were that high here either. Are you useing tortilla flour, or all purpose? I've seen tortilla flour at walmart in the international foods isle for next to nothing for a huge bag. I don't really know what the diff would be in the two though, but I've never made tortillas either. Could you use the thicker ones as pita bread? Link to comment
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