Fresh Milled Flour Tortillas-4 Ingredients
Last Updated on January 15, 2026 by Kayla Ruetten
These fresh milled flour tortillas are a really great beginner recipe that can be used in many versatile ways and have completely changed our menu! We went without tortillas for YEARS, because store-bought have icky ingredients and taste a bit like paper. We also didn’t tolerate “gluten” for quite some time, including sourdough. In hindsight, it may not have been gluten that our family became reactive from, but rather modern/processed flour, stripped of all nutrients. And so our story began with fresh milled flour. Our gluten sensitive family can eat fresh milled flour without getting eczema, break outs, sore joints, ear aches, anxiousness, hyperactive behavior, Hashimoto’s flares, and so on.
If you are new to fresh milled flour, these tortillas are a simple and easy recipe to start with. With just 4 ingredients, you need no rise time, folds, or yeast. We like to keep our meal system super simple, and this tortilla recipe comes together quickly and offers diverse meal options. As a bonus, they freeze and thaw very well; perfect for busy families.
Our favorite ways to eat these tortillas are:
- Pizza crust. Yep, you can just add pizza toppings to the cooked tortilla and viola!
- Rolled up with a honey, cinnamon, butter spread inside
- Warm with a butter spread
- Soft shell tacos
- Sandwich wraps
- Quesadillas
Health Benefits of Fresh Milled Sourdough Tortillas
Been gluten-free for awhile, due to sensitivities, like our family has? You might be able to successfully introduce fresh milled flour like we have. (Even if sourdough didn’t work for you!). See more on this below.
Check out more beginner fresh milled flour & sourdough recipes here.
Why You Will Love These Soft Fresh Milled Flour Tortillas
- Taste. The flavor comparison of freshly milled flour to store-bought flour is like a fresh picked garden tomato to a store-bought one. If you’ve been nervous to make the switch, it is so worth it!
- Quick & easy to prepare. You can make this recipe with just a few ingredients and no rise time, folding, or yeast needed.
- Healing diet friendly. This recipe has fresh milled flour, which is completely different than using store-bought flour. It is lightyears healthier and less inflammatory than even from scratch sourdough using store-bought flour. Whether you are eating GAPS, Paleo, whole food, or just becoming more ingredient aware, this recipe is can be a compatible next step following many healing diets.
- Versatile meal options. We use these as pizza crust, quesadillas, tacos, sandwich wraps, and plain with butter or honey.
- Simple ingredients. No need for any specialty or unfamiliar ingredients. Just the basics.
“Gluten” Sensitivity
Why are so many of us sensitive to gluten? Is it actually the gluten? Or is it modern flour, processed and stripped of nutrients? As our family healed from food allergies using a gut healing protocol, we learned how to re-create favorite recipes with healthier alternatives. With myself and all our children being gluten-sensitive, we were so thrilled to discover we tolerate fresh milled flour well. We, like many others, tried from scratch sourdough first, using store-bought flour. We continued to have inflammatory reactions from this. Now we make our sourdough and starter using only fresh milled grains and this has made all the difference for us. We have also, remarkably, been able to consume straight fresh mill flour baked goods (not fermented with sourdough first) without reactions since. Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor, and this is not medical advice. If you have celiac or food allergies, talk with your doctor before adding in any new foods including this recipe.
Check out the process we used to heal from food allergies, auto-immune, and eczema here.
FAQ and a Dairy-Free Option (Yay!)
- Is it ok to substitute butter or lard in this recipe?
Yes, you can use lard or butter in this recipe in place of the olive oil. Lard has been traditionally used in tortillas. - Are these tortillas soft or crunchy?
For chewy, soft tortillas, you will want to cook for 30-40 seconds on each side. Overcooking will make them crisp. While cooking the tortillas, keeping the already cooked ones wrapped in a towel helps them stay moist and soft as well.
- Do these store well in the fridge or freezer? Or do they get hard?
Storing the tortillas at room temperature for 2-3 days keeps them softest. You can rewarm slightly from the fridge to make them more soft. These freeze and thaw very well.
Helpful Resources to Make This Recipe
How To Make Flaky Fresh Milled Flour Tortillas
You will be surprised how simple these tortillas are to make!
Ingredients
- 2 cups finely ground fresh milled flour (I used hard white wheat)
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Grind wheat berries. 1 cup of wheat berries yields about 1 and 1/4 to 1 and 1/2 cups of fresh milled flour.
- Mix flour and salt together in a bowl.
- Bring water to a simmer on cook top or microwave for 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour olive oil over the flour and salt. Incorporate the olive oil into the flour until the texture resembles course clumps.
- Add the hot water to the mixture and mix until dough is smooth.
- Shape the dough into a ball in the mixing bowl and cover with a damp towel or wrap in plastic wrap for at least 30 minutes. This keeps the dough moist and prevents the “skin” from forming over the top of the dough.
- Preheat a well-seasoned cast iron pan. You want the pan to be uniformly hot, and then adjust the temperature down to medium before you add the first tortilla.
- Divide the dough into 12 pieces, or simply mold dough into roughly 2 inch balls as you go.
- On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out a ball of dough as thin as you can without making holes in the dough. If the dough does not remain flat when rolling, rest the dough for another 10 minutes before trying again.
- Carefully lift tortilla and lay flat in the cast iron pan, frying for 30-60 seconds on each side.
- Place cooked tortillas on a plate under a towel to trap moisture, keeping them soft while you cook remaining tortillas.
- Store at room temperature or in the fridge for 2-3 days or freeze for 2-3 months.
Fresh Milled Flour Tortillas-4 Ingredients Recipe
Equipment
- bowl
- cook top (or microwave)
- damp towel (or plastic wrap)
- cast iron pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups finely ground fresh milled flour (I used hard white wheat)
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1.5 tspn salt
Instructions
- Grind wheat berries. 1 cup of wheat berries yields about 1 and 1/4 to 1 and 1/2 cups of fresh milled flour.
- Mix flour and salt together in a bowl.
- Bring water to a simmer on cook top or microwave for 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour olive oil over the flour and salt. Incorporate the olive oil into the flour until the texture resembles course clumps.
- Add the hot water to the mixture and mix until dough is smooth.
- Shape the dough into a ball in the mixing bowl and cover with a damp towel or wrap in plastic wrap for at least 30 minutes. This keeps the dough moist and prevents the "skin" from forming over the top of the dough.
- Preheat a well-seasoned cast iron pan. You want the pan to be uniformly hot, and then adjust the temperature down to medium before you add the first tortilla.
- Divide the dough into 12 pieces, or simply mold dough into roughly 2 inch balls as you go.
- On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out a ball of dough as thin as you can without making holes in the dough. If the dough does not remain flat when rolling, rest the dough for another 10 minutes before trying again.
- Carefully lift tortilla and lay flat in the cast iron pan, frying for 30-60 seconds on each side.
- Place cooked tortillas on a plate under a towel to trap moisture, keeping them soft while you cook remaining tortillas.
- Store at room temperature or in the fridge for 2-3 days or freeze for 2-3 months.
We hope your family enjoys these soft, fresh milled flour tortillas as much as ours does! We would love your feedback in the comments below.
Resources
More Beginner Fresh Milled & Sourdough Recipes
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The ingredients and ratios for these tortillas were inspired by The Rose Homestead.
Yum, I was planning on making tortillas tonight and will have to try this recipe with fresh milled flour!
Awesome, let me know how you enjoy them!
Thank you for using hot water, so many recipes use cold and the oil doesn’t incorporate well.
Yum! Saving these for later 🙂 I’m looking forward to trying more of your recipes! We just got a mill.
Thank you for sharing, Amanda. I hope you enjoy them! They are great beginner recipes for fresh milled. Enjoy your new mill, so exciting!
These look great! I’ll have to give them a try. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jennifer, enjoy!
This recipe is easy enough for me to do which is cool. I’m hopping over to your healthy gut protocol next. Gluten is a problem for me in my 50’s but it’s hard to give up flour. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing Nikki! The gut protocol is pretty simple (not always easy!) But it has been totally worth it for our family to heal from allergies.