Homemade Flour Tortillas
quick and delicious homemade flour tortillas
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 40
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 16 1x
Ingredients
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- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup lard
- 1 cup warm water
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Add lard and cut in using pastry cutter, a fork, or your hands. Cut in until the dough forms small pea sized crumbles. Gradually add in the water until the dough forms. Only add enough water to make dough cling together.
- Pour dough onto well floured surface. Divide in half and then in half again, continue until you’ve got 16 portions. Roll each portion into a ball and flatten with the palm of your hand. Cover flattened balls with a kitchen towel and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
- After rest, heat a large pan over medium-high meat. Roll out each flattened ball into a 6-7 inch tortilla. Or feel free to use tortilla press if you’ve got one. Be sure not to stack uncooked tortillas on top of each other.
- When the pan is hot, place one tortilla into the pan and allow to cook for several minutes, until the uncooked top begins to bubble. You may need to reduce or increase heat depending on how quickly or slowly tortilla cooks.
- Flip tortilla and repeat. You want a soft tortilla with several browned spots. Remove from the pan and stack in a covered container. You may need to wipe out the pan in between tortillas if flour begins to build up.
- Serve warm or allow to cool for later use.
Notes
- Don’t skip the lard!