Homemade tortillas are so much better that if you do decide to give these a try, be warned that you’ll have a very hard time ever going back to the packaged option again.
Original recipe makes 8 tortillas
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup hot water
1/4 cup all-purpose flour for dusting
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PREP
30 mins
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COOK
25 mins
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READY IN
1 hr 10 mins
Directions
- Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Add vegetable shortening and work into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Form a well in the middle of flour mixture and mix in hot water. Work flour and water mixture together with a fork and transfer to a cutting board.
- Knead until a smooth, soft dough is formed, about 3 minutes. Add more flour if dough is too sticky.
- Place more flour on cutting board, cover dough with bowl, and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Cut ball of dough into eight equal parts and cover until needed.
- Roll out balls of dough either by hand or with a tortilla press.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place flattened tortilla in skillet and cook until it begins to bubble, about 1 minute. Flip tortilla over and cook for an additional minute. Flip again and cook for 1 more minute. Repeat with remaining dough.
Nutrition
Calories: 170 kcal
Carbohydrates: 23.9 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Fat: 6.7 g
Fiber: 0.8 g
Protein: 3.2 g
Sodium: 234 mg