Easiest Way to Make Delicious Flour Tortillas/Tortillas de Harina

Flour Tortillas/Tortillas de Harina.

You can have Flour Tortillas/Tortillas de Harina using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Flour Tortillas/Tortillas de Harina

1. It's 6 cup of All Purpose Flour.
2. It's 1 1/2 tsp of Salt.
3. It's 9 of heaping tsp Lard or Shortening.
4. You need 2 cup of Hot Water.
5. You need 2 tsp of Baking Powder.

Flour Tortillas/Tortillas de Harina instructions

1. Mix all the dry ingredients.
2. Add the lard and mix well into the flour.
3. Starting the water about a half cup at a time, once added begin to mix by hand.
4. Once all water is added begin to work and knead the dough: add water if to dry, add flour if too sticky.
5. Work for about 7 min or until not sticky and all dough has come off your hands, let dough rest 10 min..
6. Start heating flat griddle or "comal" for cooking tortillas.
7. Make "testales" or little balls about the size of a tangerine: make bigger balls for bigger tortillas.
8. Roll out flat, about size of a dinner plate and place on heat, flip when u start to see bubbles..
9. Once both sides have received heat, gently press on tortillas with rolled up kitchen towel until slightly browned. *careful with steam*.
10. Wrap cooked tortillas in kitchen towel...store wrapped in towel in plastic bag..

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