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Homemade Flour Tortillas
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Making flour tortillas from scratch takes a little practice but you can't beat the homemade flavor and texture. You can use these tortillas for soft tacos, fajitas, burritos, or fry them and use as tortilla chips.
serves/makes:
ready in:
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
3 reviews
ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
2/3 cup hot water, more if needed
directions
Mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in the shortening until it forms a coarse meal.
Add 2/3 cup of the hot water and mix and knead the dough for 2 minutes or until it becomes stiff. If it's crumbly, add 1-2 tablespoons of additional water. Alternately, if it's too moist, add 1-2 tablespoons of additional flour.
When the dough is the right consistency, cover it with a damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat a skillet or griddle over medium-high heat.
Pinch a piece of dough off that is about the size of a golf ball and keep the rest of the dough covered. Dust the dough ball and your hands well with flour. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and flatten it with a rolling pin into a circle that is 1/8-inch thick and about 8-9 inches in diameter.
Place the tortilla in the hot skillet and cook for 30-45 seconds. If it puffs up, press it flat with a spatula. Turn the tortilla over and cook for another 20 seconds. Remove the tortilla and place under a tea towel to cool. The towel keeps the heat and steam in so it cools without drying out.
Repeat with remaining dough, keeping the unused dough covered while you're working.
nutrition data
153 calories, 7 grams fat, 19 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
December 18, 2013
These turned out great but they are a LOT of work. I was snowed in and couldn't get to the store so made these for a recipe that called for flour tortillas. much easier to buy them haha!
October 4, 2013
Commercially made tortillas have so much filler like soy in them. This recipe is very good and easy and tastes great. Tortillas will freeze well too so go ahead and make a big batch.
September 7, 2006
i used canola oil instead of veg oil, and they came out great. so easy to do and manage. my family loved it. thanks.