Flour Tortilla Recipes

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup warm water

Steps:

1. First mix all the dry ingredients together.

 

 
2. Then add the oil and the warm water.

 

 
3. Mix with a wooden spoon until a ball is formed.

 

 
4. Flour your working surface and knead the dough for 2 minutes.

 

 
5. Place the dough ball back into the bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel and let sit for 30 minutes.

 

 
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6. Now, pull off ping pong sized portions from the dough ball and roll them into little balls and place them on a plate.

 

 

 
7. Once all the little balls are formed place a kitchen towel over them and let sit another 10-15 minutes.

 
8. Now its time to roll your tortillas out. On a well floured surface flatten out the balls with your fingers. Cover your rolling pin with a thin layer of flour and roll out dough. You will want them pretty thin, otherwise they will be too doughy. Roll out then flip and rotate the tortilla and roll out again. Continue to do this until it is round and evenly thin. It takes a little practice to getting them round, but even cattywampus tortillas are delicious tortillas!

 

 

 
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9. Heat up your pan on medium high (cast-iron pans are best).
10. Before putting your tortilla in the pan, wipe off any extra flour on the tortilla. Heat on the ungreased pan for about 1 minute then flip and heat for another 30 seconds. You will need to play with the temperature. If it is too hot your tortilla will burn in spots and if the heat is too low your tortilla will crisp before you get any browning. We want these to come out soft with light browning.

 

 

 
11. Eat immediately or put them in a plastic bag and put them in the fridge to use with in the next few days. They do dry out pretty fast, so you will need to warm them up in a pan with a little oil.

 

 
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Shirley

September 8, 20090 found this helpful

Homemade Flour Tortillas

1 3/4 cups flour
3 tablespoons shortening or lard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup warm water

With a pastry dough blender or back of fork, blend flour, baking power, salt and shortening, until it resembles coarse meal. When well combined, slowly add water until soft dough forms. Knead for 5 minutes.

Separate into 10 portions for small tortillas and 6 portions for large tortillas, and roll each one out approx. 1/8 inch thick. Place on a preheated skillet and brown on each side. Adjust size for burritos, tacos or other uses.

Babette

September 8, 20090 found this helpful

Flour Tortillas
6 cups flour
2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup shortening
2 to 2 1/4 cups water
Cut shortening into flour and salt. Add water 1/2 cup at a time, stirring with a fork until dough comes together. Knead dough until soft and smooth. You may need to add more water if dough is too dry or more flour if dough is too sticky. Knead dough for about 5 minutes. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.

carlan wright

September 9, 20090 found this helpful

2 C all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. shortening or lard
2 Tbsp. warm water 90-110 degree

Cut shortening or lard into flour until it has consistency of cornmeal. Add warm water a little at a time like you would for pie crust. until it forms a fairly sticky ball in bowl. Turn out onto floured surface, sprinkle flour on top and kneed until it is soft and springy to touch, about 20 times. Divide dough into about 2 to 3 inch balls.

Reflour surface lightly dust flour on dough pin and roll out to approximately 1/16-1-32 in thick. I use a round cake pan as a guide for cutting shape. Place in hot ungreased cast iron skillet for 45-60 seconds then flip and toast opposite side.
Fill with desired fillings and serve, or for a crispy shell fry in skillet till golden brown. Good Luck