I make tortillas almost every week and use flour, salt, baking powder, vegetable oil and warm water. The thing with tortillas though is that you have to go by feel. I hand knead the dough and have to know when to add more oil, water, or flour based on the consistency of the dough. It’s something you learn with trial and error.
There’s also an old wives tale that says your tortillas will never turn out properly if you are in a bad mood when you make them!
I think I just used cold water, so that might be an issue. I also didn’t cover the dough while it rested so I’m sure it dried out a bit. Thanks for the tip.
You don't need shortening or lard ( though lard is certainly more traditional), oil should be fine. You do probably want some baking powder in there, but if you are ending up with a cracker its likely the method and not ingredients that are the problem.
At least for corn tortillas, placing them in a tortilla keeper (steaming basket) after you cook them makes a world of difference when it comes to having pliable tortillas - you can just use a pot/saucepan with a lid.
Baking powder in flour tortillas is common, helps them come out more like a light fluffy tortilla and less like a flat flour brick
Sounds like they might be drying out, maybe while they’re waiting to be cooked. You can keep them under a moist towel while waiting if that’s the issue. They might also be cooking too long. I don’t have a great sense of what doneness looks like for tortillas, but I imagine knowledge mostly comes from experience.
I think both of these might be problems. I definitely didn’t cover the dough and the ones I cooked at a higher heat for a shorter time did come out slightly better.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll be sure to post again if I get anything worthy. 😁
I would suggest just finding a recipe that already includes those ingredients.
Adding those three induces a lot of variables. Gluten is obviously going to strengthen the dough but be mitigated to some degree by the dough conditioner, it hydrates differently too. Diastatic Malt will add sweetness as well as flavor.
Your liquid (milk) will need to be increased.
What dough conditioner are you using? There are many.
What is the end goal here?
You can certainly do this but it would be an iterative process, this time too chewy, next too dry, etc.
I’ve made a recipe that includes them but for a hoagie (or sub roll). That recipe uses 240g flour, 60g VWG, 8g dough conditioner, and 6g DMP. Doing some math and using baker percentages, it goes as follows: 25% for VWG, 3% for dough conditioner, and 2% for DMP. I probably did something wrong but I could try this formula. Of course, it there’s a better method I’ll consider it first.
If you’re happy with Bakers percentages I would go with that. You will need to increase your water as a percentage too.
You said in another comment that you wanted puffier bread, usually you want to increase hydration for that. It somewhat depends on your heat transfer though. You can use lower hydrations in a conventional oven, cooking on a steel plate on the stove or using a Tandoor works better with either higher hydration or longer ferments.
Reading your original recipe I thought you were looking at around a two hour fermentation time. Is that correct?
Chili crisp! Goes great on everything. Umami, flavor, and texture bomb. Home made is best, but Fly By Jing is pretty good.
Along similar lines, Chinese god oil. Amazing with noodles, fish, and lots of other things. A cheater version is chili crisp mixed with black vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, green onion, and cilantro.
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