Healthier Flour Tortillas

Shopping healthy is EXPENSIVE! I agree that your health is 100% worth the investment, but there are hacks and tricks to take off some weight money wise. 

One of these tricks.... Make your own tortilla wraps. 

It doesn't take long, it's very inexpensive, you can use tortillas for multiple meals, they are fun to make, annnnnd super tasty!

This recipe is for flour tortillas opposed to corn. I used coconut oil instead or lard which is usually reccomended. Coconut oil is still very fatty but it is a ton healthier than lard. In my opinion they taste better too!

You can also substitute whole grain flour oranyother flour you would like to use. I used all purpose flour. 

Ingredients:

3/4 Cup Coconut Oil

3 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoons Salt

1 Cup Warm Water

Directions:

Combine baking soda, salt, flour and coconut oil in medium bowl. Mix together until flour looks like small crumb balls.

Add warm water and stir well.

Cover and let sit for 1 hour. 

Roll into medium small balls. Place on lightly floured baking sheet.

Lightly flour surface and one by one roll dough. You want the dough to be extremely thin.

As you notice in the pictures the dough is so thin you can see the green surface underneath through them.

Place a medium to large bowl or place upside down on top of the dough. Make sure you center the plate/bowl in order to have a complete sphere.

With a knife trace the outside of the bowl in order to remove the excess dough.

(Excess dough can and should be used to make additional tortillas. Using the excess dough instead of throwing it out will make at least 5 more tortillas.)

I ended up liking the larger tortillas so I switched to a plate. Works just as well.

Heat skittet on medium-high heat. Place dough centered on skittet.

Dough will start to bubble .. No worries it's supposed to do that.

CHECK the bottom often though these burn easy and become hard once cooked too long. 

Once the skillet is up to heat the dough only take a minute or two to cook.

Flip the tortilla and allow the other side to cook.

Remove from skillet, cover and serve when ready!!!

Thank you all so, so much for reading!!! I really hope you enjoy these as much as I did. They really were so fun. I won't be buying tortillas anymore!

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Quite MOIST Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Banana bread is kind of tough. I found the most difficult part of making banana bread, is having it actual end up moist at the end of baking. 

I modified a few things and experimented a bit. This recipe really came out delicious.

I have my boyfriend taste test everything and he really was excited about this one haha.

I promise this will be the most flavorful, moist banana bread you've ever had.

Ingredients:

6 Very Ripe Bananas (save one banana for topping)

1/4 Cup Peanut Butter (melted)

1 1/2 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

1 Cup All Purpose Flour

1 Cup Cake Flour

1 Cup Oats

4 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1 Teaspoon Baling Soda

3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

2 Teaspoons Cinnamon 

2 Teaspoons Cinnamon Sugar (for topping)

Directions:

Beat eggs and combine eggs and oil in medium bowl.

Add flour and oats. Combine and mix well.

Mash 5 bananas and add to flour mix.

Melt peanut butter and add to mixture. Add cinnamon, sugar, baking powder and baking soda, mix well.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line glass baking pan with parchment paper.

Pour mixture into pan.

Cook for 30 minutes then remove from oven.

 

Take remaining banana, slice very thin and place slices on top of bread.

Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top and cook for additional 15-20 minutes.

Take out of oven, allow to cool for at least 30 minutes, remove from pan.

Allow to cool another 10-30 minutes before cutting.

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Salty, Twisty Thangs

Credit for this original name: Mr. Eric Valero

Ingredients:

2 Teaspoons Kosher Salt

3 Teaspoons Honey 

1 ½ Cups Warm Water 

1 Package Dry Active Yeast

Vegetable Oil (about ¼ Cup)

10 Cups Water

1 Tablespoon Sugar

3 Cups All Purpose Flour

1 ½ Cups Bread Flour

2 Oz. Unsalted Butter MELTED

2/3 Cup Baking Soda

Salt for Topping

Directions:

Combine WARM water, sugar and salt – Sprinkle yeast on top and let stand until bubbly.

Use mixer and add flour honey and butter. Mix well until combined… Not going to lie… I used my hands   :p   If you don’t have a mixer this can be done, I promise. Just a little more time consuming.

When dough is smooth, remove from bowl. Clean bowl, lightly oil bowl and return dough to bowl.

Cover and let stand for 1 hour, or until dough doubles in size.

 Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Bring 10 cups of water to a boil in large pot.

Lightly oil work surface, roll dough in oil and separate into 8-10 pieces depending on the size you want your pretzels to be. Roll each piece into a two foot rope and fold into pretzel shape.

Once the water comes to a boil, lower stove top to medium high heat and place pretzels one at a time into the water. Allow to cook for a minute each and then remove.

Brush with egg and place in oven for 12-15 minutes.

Check to avoid burning and immediately sprinkle salt on top when removed from oven.

Allow to sit for 5 minutes, or until cool… ENJOY!!!!

Thanks for reading guys!! Let me know how things turn out :)

If you have any questions feel free to comment below.

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Fresh Rosemary, Garlic Bread (CROCKPOT!!!)

Ingredients: 

3 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour

1 Packet Dry Active Yeast

1 1/4 Cups Warm Water 

1/4 Cup Fresh Rosemary

6 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1 Teaspoon Sugar

3 Tablespoons Honey

2 Teaspoons Salt

*Parchment Paper and Crockpot!!!

Directions:

Mix together water, yeast and sugar

Let mixture sit for 10 minutes... Mixture will start to bubble 

Combine mixture with flour, 1/2 the rosemary, 1/2 the olive oil and 1/2 the salt. Make sure you mix will :)

Cover with a towel and let it sit on your counter for an hour.

After it rises:

Flour a surface for the dough.

Remove the dough from the bowl and roll it into a ball on the floured surface.

Let it sit for another 20 minutes

Turn your crockpot on high and line it with parchment paper. You should have a few inches hanging off each side. This will prevent moisture from getting on your bread.

Place your dough into the crock pot.

Cover with paper towels and then place lid on top. This will also prevent moisture from getting at your delicious bread.

Cook for two hours and remove from crock pot!

30 minutes before serving set your oven to broil.

Add the rest of the salt, rosemary, olive oil, minced garlic and a sprinkle or parmesan cheese.

Cook for 10 minutes and serve! :)

Thanks for reading!! Hope you enjoy :)

CBrewGal 💕