How to Make Homemade Flour Tortillas

Name: How to Make Homemade Flour Tortillas
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters vegetable shortening; 118 milliliters hot water

How to Make Homemade Flour Tortillas might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegan recipe has 156 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. A mixture of baking powder, flour, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a large bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add vegetable shortening and work into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs.

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Vegetable Shortening

All Purpose Flour

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Pastry Cutter

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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All Purpose Flour

Water

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Cutting Board

Knead until a smooth, soft dough is formed, about 3 minutes.

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Dough

Add more flour if dough is too sticky.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Place more flour on cutting board, cover dough with bowl, and let rest for 15 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Cutting Board

Bowl

Cut ball of dough into eight equal parts and cover until needed.

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Dough

Roll out balls of dough either by hand or with a tortilla press.

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Tortilla

Dough

Roll

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Frying Pan

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.

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Tortilla

Dough

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Frying Pan