A little piece of Heaven....Homemade Flour Tortillas

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I'm a New Mexico girl as you all know and I love myself some tortillas. Quesadillas, Breakfast Burritos, Green Chile Beef and Potato Burritos or just plain tortillas.... we eat a lot of these in our family!  I have had trouble finding tortillas that are actually made by hand. I was looking at recipe after recipe and they all said mix with food processor, blender, etc. I wanted a fall back, go to recipe that I could use if we didn't have plugged in appliances. Thanks to LaDonna on allrecipes.com I have a recipe that I love and can make with my very own two hands. I only had to change 1 ingredient amount.


Printable Recipe
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes


Ingredients:
4 c all purpose flour                              2 ½ T THRIVE shortening, prepared (or lard)
1 t salt                                                  1 ½ c water
2 t baking powder

1.Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Mix in shortening with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal. Add the water and mix until the dough comes together.
2. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the dough into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
3. Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a well-floured rolling pin to roll a dough ball into a thin, round tortilla. Place into the hot skillet, and cook until bubbly and golden; flip and continue cooking until golden on the other side. Place the cooked tortilla in a tortilla warmer; continue rolling and cooking remaining dough.

For an easy treat spread a little bit of butter on a hot fresh tortilla and sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar.  Yummy!

To make Shortcut Bean Burritos, go here to mind out how to make Shortcut Bean Burrito Mix in 20 minutes without the 8 hours of presoaking.  I know, fantastic, right!

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