Thin and Tender Flour Tortillas

Thin and semi-translucent thanks to plenty to lard, these flour tortillas are light and tender, with a mild yet delicious flavor. They're a perfect accompaniment to grilled and roasted meats and seafood like skirt steak, chicken, and shrimp, but we wouldn't be surprised if you also just ate a stack of them by themselves.

How to Make Flour Tortillas At Home

These thick and chewy flour tortillas are perfect for scooping, wrapping, or eating plain.

Gluten-Free Flour Tortillas

The recipe makes a gluten-free flour tortilla that's chewy, bendable, and a perfect starting point for any toppings.

The Homemade Pantry's Corn Tortillas

The recipe is simple enough, just masa harina and water mixed, pressed and toasted up in a cast iron pan. Once you make tortillas yourself you might not go back to the bagged version again.

Easy Nixtamalized Corn Tortillas

Making nixtamalized corn dough for tortillas is incredibly easy. This recipe, designed for home cooks, requires dried corn, slaked lime, and a food processor.

Basic Mexican Tamale Dough

This dough recipe for Mexican tamales makes a light and flavorful tamale that can be stuffed with your favorite filling, like green chili and pork or red chili with chicken.

Mexican Gorditas (Fried Stuffed Corn Cakes)

Once you eat a Mexican gordita, your life may never be the same again: Corn cakes made from masa dough are pan-fried to create a crisp exterior and a steamy, tender interior, then stuffed with any number of traditional fillings, from spicy beans, to fresh white cheese and tender shredded meats.

Buttermilk Bacon-Fat Flour Tortillas From 'The Homesick Texan's Family Table'

For some reason, homemade flour tortillas have always intimidated me. I've made corn tortillas many times, so I'm not sure where the reluctance came from. But once I saw Lisa Fain's recipe for buttermilk and bacon-fat filled flour tortillas in her new cookbook, The Homesick Texan's Family Table, I could resist no longer.

Quick Masa Dough

Homemade masa dough might sound intimidating, but doesn't have to be: prepackaged masa harina, the coarse flour ground from hominy that's already been slaked with lime in the traditional manner, makes its preparation a snap. Enriched with lard and lightened with baking powder, the dough makes a flavor-packed base for a variety of dishes, including Mexican tacos, gorditas, and sopes, as well as Salvadoran pupusas.

Conchas

With its soft, brioche-like dough, sweet crust, and buttery flavor, the concha is one of the most recognizable Mexican pan dulces.