Flour tortilla

For the Spanish dish, see Spanish omelette. For the Mesoamerican maize (corn) tortilla, see Corn tortilla. For the South American tortilla, see Sopaipilla. For other uses, see Tortilla (disambiguation).
Flour tortilla
Flour tortilla
TypeFlatbread
Place of originMexico
Main ingredientsWheat flour

A flour tortilla (/tɔːrˈtiːə/, /-jə/) or wheat tortilla is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Made with flour- and water-based dough, it is pressed and cooked, similar to corn tortillas.[1] The simplest recipes use only flour, water, fat, and salt, but commercially-made flour tortillas generally contain chemical leavening agents such as baking powder, and other ingredients.[2]

  1. ^ Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteo Cooking of South Texas, by Melissa Guerra,1 edition 2006, Wiley;ISBN 978-0764558924
  2. ^ Rooney, L. W.; Serna-Saldivar, Sergio O. (1 January 2015). Tortillas: Wheat Flour and Corn Products. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128123683 – via Google Books.