Here’s the RECIPE VID. When I first saw it, I immediately thought ‘how simple!’ Me, I already love oats, and also wanted to try it because I’ve been spending *way* too much on low-cal brand tortilla wraps, which are ~US$1 per 9" tortilla (70kcals) and bake, crisp and fry poorly.

Ingredients: oat flour, water, and some salt. Tools: a large saucepan & silicon spatula on an oven range, plus parchment paper and a plate or cutting board to thin-out the wraps. Probably easiest is to just watch the video for the steps. Notes: I’m going to be bumping up the mix to 1/½ cup flour and 1/½ cup water, as these look only around ~5" in diameter. Question is-- will they hold up at a larger size?

Here’s how it went for my first attempt, including recommended adjustments:

  • I made the flour in a small food processor, but it was slow-going. I recommend using a standard or large-ish one, instead.
  • I sifted the flour by putting it through an all-purpose strainer. This lead to a lumpier, whole-grain flour, which takes much longer to dry-fry. I recommend using a proper flour strainer, with the sweeping arm, instead.
  • I began by using a big flat plate to press the wraps, but found that a cast iron pan works better. It’s heavier, and there’s no risk of cracking it.
  • Note: starting with 1 1⁄2 water & flour produced larger 7"+ wraps.
  • Plastics-wise, the silicon spatula is a real health issue due to all the heating involved. Instead I’d recommend using: 1) a wooden stirrer when forming up the hot dough, and later 2) first adding a little oil or flour before dry-frying the tortillas, so that they can be flipped more easily. Personally I used a wax paper-wrapped metal spatula for the flipping part.
  • I found that the thicker-style wraps not only take longer to dry-fry, but they’re harder to puff up, as well. Air-fryer would probably help to speed them along, once that first flipping is done.

Meaning this part sadly never happened for me:
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Quick cost estimate is ~US30¢ per wrap / tortilla for the larger size. At 420kcals / cup of oat flour, calories would be ~100kcal for each of the larger-size tortillas. And YES– fortunately, they tasted great!

EDIT: Much of the earlier post replaced by updates.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Thanks… (checking your username), young prophet and avatar for all time! :D

    So… my mom spent some time as a photog in Mexico, especially upon their prison system of justice, and back-in-the-States, even in the 80’s or so, insisted that our typical ‘American attempt at taco night’ should include actual tortilla-press wraps, and by golly, she managed to procure one! (the press, I mean) And they were typically great, either en trigo o maize!

    Shit, but one of my biggest regrets, after Mom passed, was in failing to ask the estate for that one special item, as her #1 son. &^!@#$*&!@ it got thrown out in the trash, from what I recall.

    !@&^!$#!*&!@#

    Want to know how an idiot does? THAT’S how an idiot does.