Saturday, April 25, 2009

Homemade Tortillas

Ingredients


3 cups unbleached flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
4-6 Tbsp. vegetable shortening or lard (I use Crisco)
about 1 1/4 cups warm water


Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Add vegetable shortening, cutting into the dry ingredients with your hands. Add warm water until the dough becomes soft and elastic. If it's sticky, you've added too much water, add in a little flour until the balance is correct.

Knead the dough for a few minutes.

Make golf ball sized rolls and set them aside to rest for 10-15 minutes.
Heat a griddle, or comal if you have one, to medium high.

Roll out the tortilla dough on a lightly floured surface. I like my tortillas a little thicker, but you can adjust the thickness as you like.

Lay your tortilla on the hot griddle. Let it cook for 15-30seconds and then flip.

Keep them pliant by keeping the freshly made tortillas covered with a tea towel.
Enjoy!

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