Homemade Soaked Flour Tortillas

Your family will go wild over these much-better-for-you tortillas, and there are so many ways to use them for quick meals!

Servings: 20 Tortillas

Author: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Ingredients

The night before (if possible--if not, see the last-minute variation below)

4 cups organic whole grain spelt flour or my favorite: whole grain einkorn flour, (or if not soaking overnight, you could use all organic unbleached white all purpose flour).
1 1/2 cup warm filtered water
1/2 cup whey or yogurt--or if not starting the night before, just use another 1/2 cup of water

The day-of:

4 cups all purpose einkorn flour or organic unbleached all-purpose white flour
4 teaspoons sea salt
1 cup soft butter or lard

Instructions

Mix the first 3 ingredients well (I use my Bosch so it's hands-free and I can do other stuff at the same time, I'm all about multi-tasking!), cover, and let set overnight, at least 7 hours, but I left mine for 24 hours just because I was busy. The next day, add the last 3 ingredients.
Knead or mix very well. At this point if you don’t have time to roll them out, you can cover and let it sit in a greased bowl in the fridge until you do have time. Mine sat for a couple more days before I got to it and the dough was still fine. I just had to grab a ball into my hands to warm it and play with it a bit before it was ready to roll.
Divide into 20 balls.
Rolling tip: Use a heavy rolling pin and a floured counter top. If it starts to stick, add more flour. This makes it MUCH easier to roll them out thin, and getting them thin enough is key.
Fry on an UNgreased pan on medium-high heat for about 30 seconds on each side until the bubbles start to brown a little. (I use my favorite electric stainless steel frying pan.)
Let cool on the counter or on a wire rack before storing.
TIP: Keep in the fridge or freezer between pieces of wax or parchment paper. You can easily halve this recipe if you don’t think you’d go through so many.
LAST-MINUTE variation: For those of you who are like me and often don't think ahead enough to get my dough soaking the night before: instead of using whey or yogurt, use more water instead and just use all organic unbleached white all-purpose flour or AP einkorn flour. Mix all the ingredients together and roll out as directed above.