Recipe courtesy of Laura Holmes
Home Made Tortillas
- Yield: Yield: 10 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 10 servings
- Calories
- 205
- Total Fat
- 3
- Saturated Fat
- 1
- Carbohydrates
- 38
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 0
- Protein
- 5
- Cholesterol
- 2
- Sodium
- 154
- Total: 1 hr 5 min
- Prep: 45 min
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lard
1/2 to 3/4 cup lukewarm water
Directions
- 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.