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Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas
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Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas

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These are quick to make and super tasty!

"Excellent recipe. Made a fraction of what was published to try it out. Picture-perfect. If you over knead this you will be working with very VERY rubbery dough. Thanks melarky!"

- Pxstorm

Cuisine: MexicanMain Ingredient: Flour

(4.1, 8) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 12
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4 cupsFlour
2 teaspoonsSalt
1/2 cupShortening
1 cupLukewarm water

Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas Preparation

Cut shortening into flour and salt in large bowl. Add water. Knead 50 times. Divide into 12 balls. Set aside in refridgerator covered for 15 minutes. Roll out balls into flat round tortillas. Heat skillet to medium, and place tortilla on greased skillet until brown spots appear (will need to cook both sides). Best served warm.

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  • first ever batch turned out a little square but still good photo by thatmuffincow thatmuffincow

  • photo by melarky melarky

Calories Per Serving: 236
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Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas Reviews

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6 months, 3 days, 13 hours, 23 minutes ago
1 years, 1 months, 6 days, 16 hours, 26 minutes ago
These were good and quick and easy but I still enjoy my Abuelas recipe better. She uses baking powder in hers along with the other ingredients. If your looking for an easy quick recipe this is it!
1 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes ago
simple and fun to make. it's fun to have scratch tortillas around the house
1 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes ago
Good recipe tortillas came out good, husband n kid approved. It's a keeper.
1 years, 10 months, 1 days, 7 hours, 10 minutes ago
Excellent recipe. Made a fraction of what was published to try it out. Picture-perfect. If you over knead this you will be working with very VERY rubbery dough. Thanks melarky!
2 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 13 hours, 34 minutes ago
Awesome allways wanted to kno how to make them from scratch!!! Thanks
3 years, 1 weeks, 4 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago
When we make this, after adding the water, I use a fork to incorporate it and get it started, then I switch to my hands to knead it. Don't want to overwork the dough too much. Also, don't use too much flour when rolling these out, otherwise they will get too tough. I will also sometimes make these earlier in the day and then roll them out and place them in the fridge separated by wax paper, so all I have to do is heat the pan and cook them right before we eat (they are best fresh). [I posted this recipe.]
3 years, 6 months, 4 weeks, 12 hours, 27 minutes ago

Tags

  1. tortillas
  2. homemade
  3. mexican
  4. taco
  5. burrito
  6. flour
  7. Flour
  8. Mexican

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