Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe

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Homemade Flour Tortillas
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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
1490
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup lard
  • 1/2 cup warm water

Directions:

  1. Stir together flour with salt in a bowl, then cut in lard with a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture resembles meal. Drizzle vegetable oil over and stir in warm water with a fork until a dough forms. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes, dusting hands occasionally with flour if dough is sticky.
  2. Form dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest 1 hour. Heat a dry well-seasoned cast-iron comal, regular griddle, or skillet over moderately low heat until hot. Cut dough into 12 equal pieces and form into balls.
  3. When rolling out 1 ball at a time with dowel, use just enough flour to prevent dough from sticking; you don't want excess flour coming off on the comal. Keep remaining dough covered with plastic wrap. Roll out each ball into a 7-inch round, maintaining an even thinness as you roll. Cook 1 tortilla on comal as you roll the next.
  4. Tortilla will bubble and puff, and bottom will be browned in spots in 45 seconds. Turn it over and cook second side in same way, moving tortilla around to compensate for any hot spots on comal if necessary. Transfer to a kitchen towel. Stack and cover tortillas as cooked. They can be frozen (cool thoroughly first). Rewarm thawed tortillas on comal before using.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1489.51 Kcal (6236 kJ)
Calories from fat 606.15 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 67.35g 104%
Cholesterol 48.69mg 16%
Sodium 2332.85mg 97%
Potassium 267.98mg 6%
Total Carbs 190g 63%
Dietary Fiber 7.5g 30%
Protein 25g 50%
Iron 2.5mg 14%
Calcium 50.8mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 339.03 Kcal (1419 kJ)
Calories from fat 137.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.33g 104%
Cholesterol 11.08mg 16%
Sodium 530.98mg 97%
Potassium 60.99mg 6%
Total Carbs 43.25g 63%
Dietary Fiber 1.71g 30%
Protein 5.69g 50%
Iron 0.6mg 14%
Calcium 11.6mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 34.6
    Points
  • 40
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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