homemade flour tortillas

Ingredients homemade flour tortillas

5 cup white bleached flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
5 tsp lard
2 cup warm water

how to make homemade flour tortillas

#1. In a large mixing bowl add flour,salt,baking powder and mix well with a large spoon.

#2. after mixing first three ingredients well add the five teaspoons of lard to the flour mixture. break up lard in to flour mixture until it looks like soft crumbs

after breaking up lard into flour mixture it is now time to slowly add the warm water and start forming into a soft dough. you may need the whole two cups of warm water you be the judge if you need more or less. just as long as it forms into a soft rollable dough.

after forming the dough you will need to kneed the dough for about five min. After kneeding dough it is time to warm a griddle on your stove top.

after griddle is warm you can now form dough into twelve round plum size balls. Roll out each ball to form a tortilla shape with a rolling pin then place the tortilla on the warm griddle and cook for 2min per side be careful not to burn!!

keep your tortillas in a large bowl with a clean kitchen towl over them to keep them warm untill you are ready to eat. that's all to it hope you injoy