Flour Tortillas
Ingredients
In Baker’s Percent: (%)
- Flour – 100%
- Water – 55%
- Salt – 1.5%
- Sugar – 0.5%
- Shortening – 7%
- Sodium bicarbonate – 1%
- Dough relaxer– 1.8%
- SSL – 0.5%
Method
- Add all ingredients to spiral mixer, and mix for 2 min at 1st speed and 5.5-8 min at the 2nd speed. Desired dough temperature 85-860°F.
- Weigh 1,400 g of dough and place in a slightly greased bowl and rest for 5 min at room temp.
- Flatten the 1,400 g dough on the Duchess Divider/Rounder tray and make it of uniform thickness. Cover it and allow to rest for 5 min.
- Divide and round 38 pieces of dough balls (37 g each).
- Put the dough balls in a covered box and proof for 20 min.
- Set the top platen and bottom platen (DoughPro DP 2000) temperatures to 1850°C (3650°F) and 1770°C (3500°F), respectively.
- Place a dough ball on the center of bottom hot plate and quickly press for 1 sec. and take away the tortilla sheet.
- Immediately after pressing, tortillas are baked on a griddle (DoughPro, model TW2025) for 30 sec each side and then 10 sec each side on high heat.
- Tortillas are allowed to cool on a metal rack for 5 min, packed into ziplock bags and stored at room temperature.
