Flour Tortillas
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- Total Time
- 40mins
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- Serves
- 12
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- Calories
- 309
Homemade tortillas are so much tastier than the paper-thin, mass-produced kind! Use them for tacos, fajitas, quesadillas, with eggs for breakfast. Try making them ahead in big batches and freezing them until needed.
recipe updated Feb 16, 2022
Ingredients
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- All purpose flour
- 780 g
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- Salt
- 1 ½ tablespoons
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- Baking powder
- 1 tablespoon
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- Shortening
- 9 tablespoons
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- Water
- 450 g
Tools
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Whisk
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Stove
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Rolling pin
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Large mixing bowl
Step preview
- Add all purpose flour, salt and baking powder to a clean large mixing bowl
- Whisk together
- Add shortening to the dough
- Rub in until coarse crumbs form
- Mix in water to the dough
- Knead until smooth on a lightly floured surface or in a mixer
- Divide into a ball
- Roll out until 1/8" (5mm) thick
- Cook them one at a time on a hot skillet when it starts to bubble a bit, flip over
- Keep warm with kitchen towel