How to Make Flour Tortillas

How to Make Flour Tortillas

How to Make Flour Tortillas

Ingredients
4 cups all purpose flour
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup lard or butter or vegetable shortening
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water
Method
Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl.
Add the shortening and mix it in with your hands until you get a coarse meal consistency.
Dissolve the sea salt into the water.
Drizzle the salt water mixture into the flour and mix with your hands into a soft dough. Add more warm water if it's not coming together.
Form the dough into a ball. Put it in a bowl and cover for 20 minutes. Resting the dough before rolling it out is the secret to making them easier to roll.
Break the dough ball into twelve smaller balls. Put a little bit of shortening on your hands and roll them into balls.
Flatten each ball out into a tortilla. Put flour on the surface before rolling them out. Get them as thin as possible.
Preheat a pan on medium heat. Cast iron works well for tortillas.
Lay the tortilla on the pan and flip after 15-20 seconds. Bubbling is normal.Finished.
Tips
Use a rolling pin or piece of large diameter wooden dowel (Hard Maple is best) to roll the dough thin.
You don't need to put any oil on the pan while cooking.
Vegetable shortening is generally made from hydrogenated oils. To make a more authentic tortilla, use lard rather than shortening.

Add 1/2 to 1 tsp of sugar per cup of flour to make the dough more pliable and the tortillas more moist.
Warnings
Don't place your tortilla on a too-hot pan, it will burn the outside before the inside is cooked.

Remember to always be careful when using a stove.