People Just Can’t Get Enough Tortillas!

Can we just appreciate tortillas for second? They’re delicious and go with almost anything. It’s no wonder they are an ever-growing sector of the baking industry and a staple in many households.

In fact, tortillas represent around 30% of sales in the U.S. baking industry, making them the second most popular bread type in America. 

Let's take a look at flour tortillas 

The dough for flour tortillas is usually either leavened by steam generated during baking or raised lightly with a small amount of baking powder/yeast. All flour tortillas contain at least four basic ingredients: wheat flour, water, fat, and salt. 

• Industrially, they are processed 2 ways:  Hot-press: a more automated procedure, it involves pressing the round and proofed dough pieces in a heated, hydraulic stamping equipment. They tend to be smoother in surface texture and more elastic. 
• Die-cut: the dough is extruded in a continuous band, followed by sheeting and cross rolling to the correct thickness. Then, it's cut with a circular die into individual round pieces whose diameter is identical to that of the die. This method greatly reduces the production cost.

Looking for a good tortilla formula? Try this one.

Science. Let's roll it out.