The Best Ever Paleo Tortillas Recipe

I use this Paleo tortillas recipe all the time. I make a big batch and keep them on hand for tacos, burritos, wraps, fajitas, enchiladas, or in place of bread.

They are a lot easier than you make think since they only have six total ingredients. The secret is I use a pre-made Paleo flour blend. It makes them so easy to make, consistent, and has a mild, delicious taste.

What do others have to say?

• "They are delicious."
• "Give them a try everyone!"

Main ingredients

• All-Purpose Paleo Flour Blend - I either use Bob's Red Mill or my own mix ahead of time and freeze it. My mix has almond flour *, tapioca flour *, coconut flour * and arrowroot flour *. You can click on the link to the left to read more about it and get more recipes using it.
• Tapioca Starch - this makes the flour have a bit smoother texture and makes them more pliable. You could substitute arrowroot starch * in a pinch.
• Butter - I use butter personally on Paleo but if you don't you could substitute ghee * or coconut oil if you put it in the fridge first so it's cold. One reader used olive oil instead of butter and just flattened them with her hands instead of doing the whole parchment/rolling with a rolling pin thing and she said they turned out great.

How to make

1. Process all the dry ingredients in a food processor.
2. Add the butter to the food processor while it is running until it resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Keep it running and add the water until it forms a dough and comes away from the sides.
4. Let it set for 5 minutes so the coconut flour * can absorb the water.
5. Shape the dough into a disc and refrigerate for one hour.
6. Divide the dough into 8 pieces and put each piece between two pieces of parchment paper with a little extra tapioca starch and roll it out. Alternately, you could use a tortilla press or a tortilla cooker that also presses them.
7. Cook them in a pre-heated skillet or griddle on medium heat to medium-high heat for about 30 seconds on each side, until they are lightly brown. You shouldn't have to add oil to your pan but if I'm going to eat them plain I like to add a little coconut oil or avocado oil to the pan so they get a little fried and extra golden. So yummy.

How to store

These can be stored on a counter in an airtight container for a few days, a refrigerator for about a week or I like to make huge batches and freeze them in gallon freezer bags laying flat so I can take one out whenever I want.

How to serve

My six-year-old daughter especially loves tortillas, but she's found it really hard since we try to eat Paleo as much as possible. She really misses bread, tortillas, pizza and all the things related to grains. I mean, don't we all?

So I came up with this Paleo flour tortilla recipe because I wanted a Paleo bread-type carb that was relatively quick and versatile. I mean, just think of all the things you can use a tortilla for - wraps, burritos, breakfast burritos with scrambled eggs and bacon or sausage plug any extras like potato, onion, or peppers (these are especially good to make ahead and freeze), enchiladas, tacos, plain (my children's favorite way) - or in place of things like naan bread or pitas. 

Actually, my all-time favorite use for this Tortilla Recipe is for a pizza crust. Think crisp, low carb and easy individual pizzas. Try it! One of my favorite things about these is that they use a pre-made flour blend so I don't have to mix a bunch of flour to get a perfect consistency. It saves me a lot of time and gives me consistent results.

These often save me a trip to the grocery store because when we run out of bread or other carbs, I can whip these up and delay going shopping for several days. It's amazing how much money you can save just by putting off going to the store for as long as possible.

Are corn tortillas Paleo?

I'm sorry, but corn is not Paleo. In the Paleo diet, corn is considered a grain.

Are these gluten-free?

Yes. These are considered grain-free and gluten-free.

A Story

So, a little story about this recipe. Last night my six-year-old daughter asked my husband to take her training wheels off her little 12" bike. She tried riding it a bit without much luck before bed.

Yesterday was her last day of school, so this morning she wanted to ride her bike really badly, but it just wasn't working at our house. She had a really hard time staying on the sidewalk and getting started, but I could tell she was almost there. So I decided it was time to do what I had done with all my other children - take them to the church by our house.

This church has had the perfect, slight incline for a long time in the parking lot. It's the perfect place to practice riding a bike because I don't have to do things like hold on her bike and let go and have her get mad at me that I let go. I always start my children out on a tiny, tiny bike so it's not scary.

I just tell them if they start to fall then to put their legs down. So it helps with the fear. She got it on the first time down the hill. She went down the hill no problem and then said she wanted to ride around the church, which I figured would be a disaster - but it wasn't!

She went all the way around the church in like a minute and came back so, so proud of herself. After about a half-hour of that, she said she wanted to try the big 16" inch bike.

I figured it was worth a try, so we went and got that and went back to the church with the big bike and she got that down right away.

Then we went home and she's been riding around the neighborhood all afternoon! I thought I would reward her with these grain-free tortillas. After all, all that hard work can really work up an appetite. 

It's not her first time eating them and she loves how they taste, so she gobbled them up then ran off to ride her bike to her grandma's house and show off her new skill.

Have you learned something new recently that you're proud of? I would love to hear your accomplishments in the comments below.

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