Our friend Paul is Mexican (no really, he is!) and his Mom had us over one time and showed me how to make homemade flour tortillas. That was last summer....and I haven't made them on my own yet! Then today I saw a receipe on a FABULOUS food blog:
Homemade Flour Tortillas--brought to you by Readable Eatables
3 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup hot water
Mix all together in a bowl until a ball of dough forms if it is too sticky add a little more flour if too dry add a little more water. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes and let sit for about 10-20 minutes. Divide the dough into about 2 inch balls. Then just roll out on a floured surface. And then I just use my griddle to make them on, turn the heat up to 450 degrees and cook on each side for about 1 minute. If you are using a regular pan make sure it is a non-stick one otherwise the pan will burn (I have done this oops) ENJOY!"
UPDATE 02-04-2010:
So I did ATTEMPT these tortillas and the first batch was a disaster! BUT I did learn a few things! I need to use the dought right away or it gets too dry. I need to figure out hot to roll these puppies out--they were too thick and not round--more like Texas shaped! I will try this again! (Maybe after another lesson from my Mexican Mama!)
1 comments:
Hmmm. Interesting. I've always wanted to make tortillas. I have a cookbook that shows some pretty good directions. Maybe we'll have to bust it out together.
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