Gluten-Free Flour Tortillas

Gluten-Free Flour Tortillas

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 147.7
  • Total Fat: 0.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 351.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 2.4 g

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Introduction

If you are gluten-free like me, you should know how hard it is to find a recipe for gluten-free tortillas that bend without breaking; that are big enough to actually wrap around something; and that taste like flour tortillas! Well look no further... here it is! If you are gluten-free like me, you should know how hard it is to find a recipe for gluten-free tortillas that bend without breaking; that are big enough to actually wrap around something; and that taste like flour tortillas! Well look no further... here it is!
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    You will need:

    2 c. Gluten-free all purpose flour (or 2 c. White rice flour)
    2 tsp. Xanthan gum or Guar gum
    1 tsp. Gluten-free baking powder
    2 tsp. Brown sugar
    1 tsp. Salt
    1 c. Warm water

Directions

1) Add the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix the ingredients thoroughly.

2) Add the cup of warm water to the bowl and mix the dry ingredients into the water with your hand until its an even mixture.

3) Separate the dough into 8 pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Place all but one of the dough balls back into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap until you're ready to work with them.

4) Sprinkle a clean, flat surface with a bit of buckwheat flour and then roll your dough ball into a roughly circular shape and get as thin as possible.

5) Throw the tortilla onto a hot griddle (I use a cast iron griddle on medium heat with just a smidge of olive oil) and let it cook approximately 1-2 minutes or until it has started puffing up and the bottom side is developing those lovely brown spots. Flip the tortilla and cook the other side until is toasty as well.

6) Slide the cooked tortilla onto a covered plate to stay warm and repeat from step 4 until you've cooked all 8 tortillas. I generally roll one tortilla out while another is cooking, so that there is always a tortilla on the griddle.

7) Serve these warm with your favorite filling!

*Makes 8 good size tortillas*

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MRS_MORRIS.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    12 of 12 people found this review helpful
    I made this recipe the other night with fantastic results. I used Gluten Free Essentials All purpose baking mix (has baking powder in it so I skipped the additional baking powder). Highly recommend this recipe! - 4/14/11


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    Very Good
    8 of 8 people found this review helpful
    To make rolling them easy and unsticky, use baking paper twice the size of your tortillas and fold in half then use the rolling pin to roll out the tortilla. Then chuck it in the hot pan baking paper and all. as it cooks it will seperate from the baking paper you will need to filp it a few times. - 1/18/13


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    Incredible!
    7 of 7 people found this review helpful
    I used equal parts garbanzo flour, corn starch, and tapioca flour. It worked great for this. I used the tapioca flour for rolling becuase I didn't have any buckwheat flour. They were great like a cross between tortilla a pita. I'm with LAURLAUR74 on the it's not so easy part. Don't give up tho :) - 2/9/13


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    6 of 6 people found this review helpful
    Hi TERESAG1963,
    I m not from US .I m from Slovakia where is used metric system too but I bet the 1c. means 1 cup. (it should be about 120grams in this case) Hope it wasn't too late for you. Good luck with recipe!
    - 11/26/12


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    Very Good
    6 of 6 people found this review helpful
    These are the first gf tortillas i have attempted. From the other reviews I expected them to be super easy to make. They weren't, for me anyways. After i messed up the first two I finally figured it out though. Made great chicken wraps! thanks! - 9/1/12


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    Incredible!
    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
    My favorite thing about this recipe is that I couldn't even tell it wasn't gluten-free! Thanks for sharing! - 1/20/11


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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    These were great! Easy to roll out, I used amaranth instead of buckwheat (just for personal taste reasons). They were stretchy and easy to wrap! Burritos are possible again! Yay! - 8/13/12


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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    I made this with Mama's Almond flour and used corn starch to roll them out. Turned out great! - 4/7/12


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    These are awesome!! did not use the sugar, used regular b. powder since I don't have the GF b.pwdr. I did not roll them out with flour, just cut the zip off a gallon size ziplock bag, cut open the sides and rolled the ball out in the folded plastic. Peels away fairly easily! Makes 10 Thanks!! - 7/9/13


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Fantastic, this is not difficult to make and the result is way better than supermarket bought torillas (with or without gluten)
    One little thing I did was sprinkle rice flour on the table and on top of dough ball. Then press ball flat (this will make the edges round and not jagged when you roll)
    - 5/21/13


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Wow these are incredible!! They have the soft chewy texture of real flour tortillas. Perfect when I made chicken and cheese quesadillas. I simply cooked the one side until done flipped and added my toppings while the other side cooked. Delicious. I had to use wax paper with cooking spray to roll. - 5/21/16


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    Very Good
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Does not taste gluten free. Was rather difficult to roll out but used my parchment on the bottom, plastic wrap on the top method and was fine. Used a lid to cut off excess. I did leave it on the parchment initially to cook(inverted onto griddle)and then peeled parchment off. Made 4 12" tortillas. - 6/26/15


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Best gluten-free tortilla or wraps I have tasted! Dough was really sticky so squished it between 2 pieces of parchment sprayed with Pam. Pressed a glass pie plate over it and then used a rolling pin to get them really thin. Remove top layer of parchment, then bottom when starting to cook in pan. - 1/13/15


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Excellent recipe, my little boy loved these, recently diagnosed with being intolerant to yeast, gluten, wheat, milk and sugar, for this recipe I used gf flour, gf baking powder, Xanthan gum, rapadura cane sugar they came out lovely - thank you - 4/3/13


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I have just made these, and am really pleased with the results. Have tried loads of times to make gf wraps that crumble or are like cardboard. Thank you. At last, yummie. - 5/1/12


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I made these tonight and they are awesome!! I LOVE them even better than regular flour tortillas! Great texture, lovely brown bubbles :) and great taste. I was surprised that they DO bend. I used them as burritos and put a juicy hamburger mixture inside and they held up really well! - 11/16/15


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Great! I used equal parts garfava, rice flour, sweet rice flour, & tapioca for the GF flour mix. I don't like the smell of xanthan gum so I only used 1 tsp and added 1/4 tsp pectin and 2 Tbps olive oil. If you use hot water (150dgrs) they roll easier. Soft.Flexible.Tasty. Thanks for posting! - 2/6/14


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    O.K.
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I followed this recipe exactly only I doubled everything and it was a disaster! The dough was way too sticky to roll out into a tortilla. even after adding an extra cup of flour to try to dry it out. Next time I'll add water slowly until it's dough-y enough to roll it and not have it be so sticky! - 6/8/13


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    Incredible!
    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Great! Thank you so much for posting it! - 9/7/12


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    Actually looks easy and good for the GF crowd. I will be trying them. - 5/4/21


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    Incredible!
    Awesome - 2/17/21


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    Glad I don’t have a gluten problem - 1/31/21


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    Very Good
    Thanks - 1/25/21


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    Turned out good! Thanks. - 7/28/20


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    Fantastic recipe!!! - 5/26/20


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    I want to try these. They look good and I saved the recipe. - 2/3/20


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    thanks - 1/31/20


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    Need to make these - 10/16/19


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    I need to try making these - 3/18/19


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    Great - 3/8/19


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    Very Good
    super - 12/25/18


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    Bad
    When I tried to pick up my rolled out tortilllas to put on the griddle, they kept falling apart. Every one of them! - 9/23/18


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    Incredible!
    Excellent............. - 8/18/18


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    Incredible!
    looks tasty. - 6/17/18


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    Very Good
    Really good. They came out good and hubby even loved them. - 5/17/18


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    Good to have these recipes when gluten free people visit - 5/15/18


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    Incredible!
    My daughter loves these gluten free flour tortillas! - 5/4/18


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    Great tortilla - 4/27/18


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    Ok - 4/22/18


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    Thanks for a gluten free recipe for tortillas - 2/24/18


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    Very Good
    Nice to have a gf recipe! It was good but had to roll carefully. - 9/9/17


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    Will these freeze well and still be soft if thawed and warmed slightly? I won't be eating 8 tortillas in one sitting. - 8/23/16


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    Very Good
    How do you store these? Or do you make them whenever you need them? I'd like to have tortilla on hand to make wraps for lunch to take to work. - 1/3/15


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    So excited to try this! I put the ingredients into MFP, and I came up with 105 per tortilla (8 per batch). I'm wondering if I'm missing something? Also, when you say "good size," does that mean burrito? Soft taco? Just curious. Thanks for sharing, always looking for good GF recipes! - 4/2/14


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    Incredible!
    These are fantastic first attempt and taste great my daughter is very happy she can have a wraps finally thanks x - 9/8/13


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    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Thank you, i will try! - 7/2/13


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    Incredible!
    I used rice flour and refrigerated after mixing and covering then balled them and light butter on outside then rolled on pastry roll out while flipping constantly wile rolling to desired size and thickness - 5/4/13


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    Good
    These were okay. In making traditional tortillas I never add salt; these definitely need salt. I did not use sugar but some oil. I also added a bit more rice flour to the general purpose flour. To roll them I used a non-stick spray. Plan to work on this recipe till it is closer to the original.
    - 5/2/13


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    Incredible!
    This is great! It's also good as a flatbread.

    I do think you've left out the Xantham Gum when calculating the nutrition. It adds about another 3 calories to each tortilla -- not a giant amount but it may matter to some people.
    - 1/24/13


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    Incredible!
    I made these today, and wow! They are flexible and tasty. I rolled them in flax meal instead of buckwheat....made fantastic pizza rolls! - 1/15/13


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    Incredible!
    I tried this recipe and was thoroughly pleased with the result, will definitely be making them again. - 12/22/12


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    Incredible!
    I tried these this a.m. WONDERFUL! Thank you so much! My first tortilla in 5 years! - 12/9/12


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    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I want to try to make these but can anyone please tell me what 2 c means in weight of gluten free flourto make these please. I live in the uk we use grams and kilograms. - 11/19/12


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    Incredible!
    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I cannot wait to try this. I really wish it could be made without sugar, or using agave, as that is about the only sweetener I use. - 10/7/12


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    Incredible!
    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I have a question. I'm the only person in my family who is gluten free. my parents buy the ingredients for all my baking and cooking and would rather that only I eat the food. can I freeze the wraps?? I can't eat 8 all at once - 5/16/12


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    Good
    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I'll definitely be trying these! - 5/19/11