Home Made Tortillas
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lard
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup lukewarm water
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt in a glass bowl with hand.
- Add lard to dry ingredients, mix with hand.
- Add lukewarm water to form dough into ball.
- After forming ball, rub dough ball with a little lard.
- Put ball in plastic bag and let rest for about 30 minutes.
- Flour rolling surface and then pinch off balls of dough between index finger and thumb and shape into mushroom like balls.
- Set aside.
- Take each ball and pat each side on flour surface, roll out into flat round tortilla, cook on comal or griddle turning only once.
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allpurpose, baking powder, salt, lard, water
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