What are some good recipes for making tortillas?
Flour Tortilla 3 cups unbleached flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 4-6 Tbsp. vegetable shortening or lard about 1 1/4 cups warm water Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add vegetable shortening or lard. Or use a combination of half lard, half shortening. Use a fork or a pastry cutter to cut in the shortening or just do it the old fashioned way and use your hands. Next add warm water a little at a time until your dough is soft and not sticky. You do not need very hot water. Knead the dough for a few minutes. Now you will pull off pieces of dough to form about 12 small dough balls. Let them rest for at least 10 minutes, longer if you like. This is a good time to heat up the comal. You will want to set it at medium to high heat. If it is too hot the tortillas will cook too fast. Now you can roll out the dough with your tortilla rolling pin or palote. It is a good idea to dust each ball with a little flour just before you roll them out. Lay the palote in the center of the dough ball
