Homemade Tortillas - Yes You Can!

You can make your own tortillas at home with just a few ingredients. Click here for video tutorial!

6 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

3/4 cups shortening

*Mix above ingredients with a pastry blender!

Add 2-3 cups of warm water, 1 cup at a time until the dough pulls away from the bowl. It is better for the dough to be wet and soft. Cover with a wet cloth for 20 minutes.

Pinch into golfball size portions. Leave in the bowl, covered with wet cloth, for an additional 20 minutes. Roll with a pvc pipe and toast on a skillet or quickly flatten with a tortilla maker, then toast on a skillet.

Ingredients needed for 3 month supply (1 meal a week for 12 weeks) Makes 20 tortillas

72 cups flour

18 tsp flour

18 tsp baking powder

9 cups shortening

36 cups water