Homemade Flour Tortillas
Traditional flour tortillas – homemade and much better than store-bought. Do not substitute vegetable oil or shortening for the lard.
Prep 15 m Cook 45 m Ready In 1 h servings 24
Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons lard
1 ½ cups water
Directions
Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Mix in the lard with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal. Add the water and mix until the dough comes together; place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the dough into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a well-floured rolling pin to roll a dough ball into a thin, round tortilla. Place into the hot skillet, and cook until bubbly and golden; flip and continue cooking until golden on the other side. Place the cooked tortilla in a tortilla warmer; continue rolling and cooking the remaining dough.
From Followers:
This recipe turned out great! It was easy. I didn’t have lard, shortening or even margarine so I used butter. The tortillas turned out fine, but I couldn’t get them as thin as the ones you buy at the store they were a bit bready. I liked them like that. I made half the recipe and I did get 12 tortillas. I had leftovers so the next morning I warmed them up and spread some butter and sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar over them. It was delicious with a cup of coffee. I will be making these again using shortening. Thanks for the recipe LaDonna!
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 86 calories; 1.3 g fat; 16 g carbohydrates; 2.2 g protein; 1 mg cholesterol; 138 mg sodium.
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