Homemade tortillas are so much better that if you do decide to give these a try, be warned that you'll have a very hard time ever going back to the packaged option again.
Ingredients
- ¾ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- salt: 0.75 tsp
- baking powder: 0.25 tsp
- vegetable shortening: 0.25 cup
- hot water: 0.5 cup
- all-purpose flour for dusting: 0.25 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Add vegetable shortening and work into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
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Form a well in the middle of flour mixture and mix in hot water. Work flour and water mixture together with a fork and transfer to a cutting board.
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Knead until a smooth, soft dough is formed, about 3 minutes. Add more flour if dough is too sticky.
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Place more flour on cutting board, cover dough with bowl, and let rest for 15 minutes.
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Cut ball of dough into eight equal parts and cover until needed.
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Roll out balls of dough either by hand or with a tortilla press.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place flattened tortilla in skillet and cook until it begins to bubble, about 1 minute. Flip tortilla over and cook for an additional minute. Flip again and cook for 1 more minute. Repeat with remaining dough.
