# Corn Tortillas

Easy homemade soft corn tortillas made from scratch.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Breakfast
- Difficulty: easy
- Diet: vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 cup instant corn masa
- 2 tsp salt (optional)
- 3 3/4-4 cup warm water

## Instructions

1. Add corn masa and salt to a bowl and mix with your hand.
2. Slowly pour in warm water while mixing.
3. Knead the dough.
4. Cover the dough and let it rest.
5. Using a tortilla press and two pieces of parchment paper or a Ziploc bag cut in half, press a small ball of dough into a tortilla.
6. Place the tortilla on a hot comal and cook each side.
7. Give the final side a press to allow the tortilla to pop.
8. Remove the cooked tortilla and keep it in a kitchen towel.

## Equipment

- bowl
- tortilla press
- parchment paper
- Ziploc bag
- comal

## Tips

- The dough should feel like play dough; if it is dry, your tortillas will be dry.
- The edges of the dough ball should not have cracks; they should be smooth to ensure the tortillas will be soft.
- Keep cooked tortillas in a kitchen towel so they stay nice and hot.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1NddXCDkXh/
- Creator: Cooking Con Claudia
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c9abfc0e-4ddf-4ece-9c49-0a94b9915832
- Extracted: 2026-09-10

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