Just a few simple ingredients and you've got fresh homemade tortillas!
Course: Bread
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 12tortillas
Ingredients
3c.unbleached flour
2tsp.baking powder
1tsp.salt
4-6T.lard
1 1/4c.warm water
Instructions
Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add lard and mix-in with both hands. Add warm water slowly until your dough is soft. Knead the dough for a few minutes.
Pull dough into a dozen balls. Roll out your balls with a rolling pin to 1/8 inch think. (The thickness is important because you want the tortilla to be crispy on the outside a gooey on the inside.)
Lay one raw tortilla in a very hot skillet for just a few seconds on each side, just until nice brown-tone spots form on the surface. Repeat with remaining tortillas.