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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Great basic tortilla recipe! Ingredients:
3 -4 cups all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon salt |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 cup shortening |
1 -1 1/2 cup warm water |
Directions:
1. Combine the 3 cups flour, salt and baking powder in large bowl.
2. Either by hand, or with pastry blender, work in the shortening until crumbly (you can add a little more shortening if the mixture looks too floury).
3. Slowly add the water (I start with 1 cup and add more as needed) to flour mixture while tossing with a fork.
4. With your hands, knead dough vigorously for about 2 minutes, until it forms a nice dough ball.
5. Cover with cloth and let stand at least 15 minutes.
6. Take a ball of dough (golf ball size for small, slightly more for bigger tortillas) and roll into a ball.
7. Roll in flour to cover.
8. On floured surface, roll out dough evenly and very thin.
9. Place each tortilla on a medium hot cast iron skillet.
10. Cook for about 1-2 minutes on each side, or until the tortilla no longer looks doughy.
11. NOTE: the ingredients are fairly accurate, but feel free to adjust to get the correct consistency.
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