Authentic Homemade Flour Tortillas
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons lard or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1 1/2 cups water
- Optional
- garlic, Herbs, Sun Dried Tomato etc
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix in the lard/margarine with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal. Add the water and mix until the dough comes together; place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the dough into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
- Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a well-floured rolling pin to roll a dough ball into a very thin, round tortilla. Place into the hot skillet, and cook until bubbly and golden; flip and continue cooking until golden on the other side. Place the cooked tortilla in a tortilla warmer; continue rolling and cooking the remaining dough.
- Store in ziplock bag and re-warm in microwave or oven. If using microwave, wrap tortillas in moist (not wet) paper towel to steam them back to life.
allpurpose, salt, pepper, baking powder, lard, water, garlic
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/authentic-homemade-flour-tortillas-448785 (may not work)