Sesame Scallion Tortillas and a Mother’s Day Toddler Dessert Activity

16 Tortillas
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

TacoThis week’s Taco Tuesday has tortillas two ways, one for dinner and one for dessert. Sesame Scallion Tortillas are a delicious cross between classic tortillas and Sesame Scallion Pancakes. For Dessert we have an old junior high Home Economics class favorite, the Cinnamon Sugar Crispy Tortilla Hearts.

When we lived in Los Angeles, we would go to my husband’s parent’s house on Sunday evenings. All of his immediate family was present and since there was usually 12 of us, when we ordered dinner it would feel like a Chinese buffet by the time each person had picked out an entree. Now when we have Chinese food, it feels like such a letdown to have only one dish. When my husband’s parents came up to visit us this past weekend, I decided we would have a buffet of our own! I made Spicy Hoisin Chicken, Korean Ground Beef, Sesame Scallion Tortillas, Napa Cabbage Sesame Soy Slaw, Brown Rice, Crab Rangoon, Vegetarian Spring Rolls, Sweet and Sour Sauce, Sesame Soy Vinaigrette, Spicy Mayo and Wilted Napa Cabbage Stir Fry. Most of these recipes we will save for later, but for today we will discuss tortillas! Both the Sesame Scallion Tortillas and a little Mother’s Day treat that your little one can help with.

Scallion TortillaTo start, the Sesame Scallion tortillas are really no more difficult than making any other tortillas. A stand mixer and a dough hook brought our dough together in minutes and after a 15 minute resting period, they were ready to be cooked. One of my favorite recipes I’ve made from Serious Eats is the Extra Flaky Scallion Pancakes. They are amazing, and have worked perfectly for us every time. But for our Taco Tuesday purposes we needed them much much thinner. I took my favorite tortilla recipe and made some adjustments. So let’s get started.

Scallion TortillasPut the flour, salt and baking powder in the stand mixer. Turn on for a few seconds to mix the dry ingredients together. Add the water, sesame oil and canola oil. Turn on the dough hook and let it start combining. Stop to scrape the dry ingredients off the side if they are not incorporating well into each other. Keep the dough hook running until the dough is a smooth ball.
Put a bit of flour onto a flat surface. Cut the dough in half, then each half in half, etc until you have about 16 equal pieces.

Divided Tortillas
Truth be told, since I wanted a street taco vibe for this dinner, I made a few even smaller [it would make 32 of those]. One thing to keep an eye on are rogue pink heart spoons who like to attack dough balls.

Toddler Spoon Attack

These Sesame Scallion Tortillas are easy to make and add a whole different layer of flavor to your dishes!

Then using your palm, flatten the balls as much as you can. Let it sit for 15 minutes, then roll as thin as you can.

Tortilla
Put into a skillet that has been brushed with some canola oil and cook on each side for 10-15 seconds.

Tortilla Cooked
Put onto a plate and cover with damp paper towel.

Scallion Tortillas
If at any point in the process once you have the ball of dough it feels sticky, add some more flour. When rolling if sticky add a bit of flour, but just be careful because if you put too much you’ll taste flour when eating the tortillas. Fill with all your favorite toppings!

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Sesame Scallion Tortillas

A Tortilla version of delicious Scallion pancakes.
Yield 16 Tortillas
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine International
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 cup sliced scallions
  • 1 cup warm water

Instructions

  • Put the flour, salt and baking powder in the stand mixer. Turn on for a few seconds to mix the dry ingredients together.
  • Add the water, sesame oil, scallions and canola oil. Turn on the dough hook and let it start combining.
  • Stop to scrape the dry ingredients off the side if they are not incorporating well into each other. Keep the dough hook running until the dough is a smooth ball.
  • Put a bit of flour onto a flat surface. Cut the dough in half, then each half in half, etc until you have about 16 equal pieces.
  • Truth be told, since I wanted a street taco vibe for this dinner, I made a few even smaller [it would make 32 of those].
  • Then using your palm, flatter the balls as much as you can. Let it sit for 15 minutes, then roll as thin as you can.
  • Put into a skillet that has been brushed with some canola oil and cook on each side for 10-15 seconds.
  • Put onto a plate and cover with damp paper towel.
  • If at any point in the process once you have the ball of dough it feels sticky, add some more flour. When rolling if sticky add a bit of flour, but just be careful because if you put too much you'll taste flour when eating the tortillas.

Notes

Tortillas inspired by:
Serious Eats - Extra Flaky Scallion Pancakes
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/extra-flaky-scallion-pancakes-recipe.html
The Cafe Sucre Farine - Homemade Tortillas
http://thecafesucrefarine.com/2013/08/best-ever-homemade-flour-tortillas/

Nutrition

Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 147mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword: Sesame Scallion Tortillas, tortilla recipe

This post is brought to you by the letter T, for Tortilla. Can you tell we have toddlers in the house?

The second recipe of the day can be found here, Cinnamon Sugar Crispy Tortilla Hearts. This recipe was one of the first I learned in my home economics class in the 7th grade.

Cinnamon Sugar Heart

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. I use tahina instead of sesame oil and I don’t brush the pan with oil. It’s not necessary with the high quantity of oil in the recipe.

  2. Very cool. I’ve never tried to make my own tortillas. I should. We eat them all the time!

  3. I love that you made your own tortillas, they look so yummy. I’ll have to try the cinnamon dessert too!

    1. They’re dangerously easy. I had to give away what was left of them to keep from eating them!

  4. tortilla hearts sound perfect for Valentine’s Day, great recipe thanks for sharing 🙂

  5. These look so delicious. I will have to try making this on the weekend. I am sure my family will love it.

  6. Yup. I am totally making these. I am all for making as many things as I can by hand. These sound and look amazing.

  7. Wow, those look so good! My family loves tortillas, so we’ll definitely have to try this out soon.

  8. Well these do look good. I think most everyone (us included) had tortillas this week too. 🙂

  9. With Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day in one week, I’m eating well! The flavors of these tortillas would add so much to all of my favorite dishes.

  10. Yum! I haven’t made tortillas from scratch before. I assumed it was a secret process, only for those with cute, little grandmas to pass along.

    1. Aww that’s cute. My little grandma use to make stuffed grape leaves…now there is a recipe that you need to clear out a Sunday for!

  11. I have never made my own tortillas, but now I really want to try it! How simple they look to make!

  12. These tortillas look delicious! We’ve only ever made original tortillas but I love the idea of incoporating more flavor into them.

  13. Now you totally have me in the mood for Mexican food. I didn’t realize that tortillas are so easy to make.

  14. This looks really good, Thanks for the recipe, I can’t wait to make it. The Cinnamon Sugar Heart looks really good too.

  15. I have never made my own tortillas before but they look pretty easy. Thanks so much for this!

  16. The tortilla hearts are adorable and look yummy! The Scallion Tortillas look divine. I need to make both recipes soon!

  17. Oh wow. This sounds so tasty! This is more my husbands type of thing. It would be perfect for his upcoming birthday!

  18. That is one great recipe! You even made your own tortillas. That’s pretty impressive, in my opinion!

  19. That sounds SO good. I am going to have to try that one of these days – it would be a big hit.