Thursday, July 31, 2008

Homemade Flour Tortillas

I LOVE fresh cooked flour tortillas. I learned how to make these at a church activity a few years ago and have been making them ever since. They are really not difficult, simple ingredients and they are SO yummy!! When I make these my husband and children are like vultures waiting to grab one hot off the griddle:)

Tortilla dough ready to rest.

Ready to roll.

Ready to flip to the second side.

Ready to eat!!


Ingredients:
  • 10 cups all purpose unbleached flour
  • 2 T salt
  • 1 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (Crisco)
  • 4 cups hot water

Directions: Place flour and salt into large bowl. Mix with fingers. Add shortening. Blend with your hand or a pastry blender until crumbly. Slowly pour in hot water. Gently incorporate until all flour is mixed in. If dough is too sticky, add a little flour. If dough is too stiff, add a little more water. Dough should be soft and elastic like. I knead the dough for a couple of minutes in the bowl, but make sure you don't overwork the dough. You can then separate into small balls about the size of a golf ball(I just leave it all together and pull off a bit of dough when I am ready to roll). Let the dough rest for at least 30 minutes. I cover my dough with plastic wrap and then cover the bowl with a large towel. After 1/2 hour, take a piece of dough roll into a ball and flatten slightly. Roll it out into a circle on a floured surface. I cook my tortillas on my griddle at 400 degrees. You want the griddle or pan to be HOT. Put it on the griddle, when it starts to 'bubble' a little flip and cook until just starting to get brown on the bubbles spots. I then move them to a towel and cover them to cool while I cook the rest. When the tortillas are cool, I store them in a gallon size ziploc bag in the refrigerator or freezer.

**I usually half this recipe(this recipe will make A LOT of tortillas), actually I have made them SO many times now that I just add what 'looks' right to me for the # of tortillas I want. If you make this large batch, they will be good in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or you can freeze them for up to 2 months. I usually just make small batches that we use in a day or two, otherwise I don't have time to roll and cook them all before the kids or baby are calling:)

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3 comments:

  1. Have you ever tried a tortilla press? I was looking at getting one. I wanted to know if you have tried one or just the rolloing pin.

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  2. This is a very late post but Costco has some tortillas that are uncooked, they come 44--two packages with 22 in each-- and they are really, really good...if you don't have time to make them yourself.

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  3. Homemade tortillas are so good. Yumm. I've gone through your entire blog and it is very nicely done with great recipes.

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