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Homemade Flour Tortillas

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Once you bite into your first hot, melt-in-your-mouth homemade flour tortilla, you won’t be sorry.

Ingredients

  • 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Bread Flour
  • 2-½ teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • ½ cups Lard (or Vegetable Shortening) Plus 1-2 Tablespoons, As Needed
  • 1 cup Hot Water

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, combine both types of flour, baking powder and salt.

Drop the 1/2 cup of lard by the spoonfuls into the flour mixture and, using a pastry cutter, your fingers or a fork, cut lard until it crumbles and is evenly dispersed in the flour. Slowly add the hot water and stir together until mixture sticks to itself. If not quite moist, add 1-2 more tablespoons of lard, as needed.

Knead the dough, in the mixing bowl, for 3-5 minutes or until dough forms a ball and becomes less sticky. Cover bowl with a tea towel and let rest for 1 hour.

Break the dough into 14-16 smaller pieces and roll the pieces into balls. Cover balls of dough and allow them to sit for an additional 30 minutes.

Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Using a well-floured rolling pin, roll one dough ball at a time into a thin, round tortilla. Make sure the ball is rolled out to be very, very thin. Carefully place tortilla onto the hot skillet and cook until bubbly and golden, about 30-40 seconds. Flip the tortilla over and continue cooking until golden on the other side.

Wrap the cooked tortilla in a clean tea towel until ready to eat. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Serve immediately or, once completely cool, store in an air-tight bag or container. To warm, wrap tortilla in a damp paper towel and microwave for 20-30 seconds or wrap in foil and warm in oven.

Enjoy!

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