Flour Tortillas

This is a recipe I found a long time ago (3rd grade?) for Flour Tortillas. They're sooooo good! In my family we make these for Christmas. My cousins love helping out with these, and irritating my OCD at the same time. The tortillas are very fluffy, and make amazing quesadillas! The recipe itself is fairly simple, and they're easy to make.

My tortilla production area.

Also, it makes around 20-30 tortillas depending on how big you make them.

Flour Tortillas

Ingredients

5 cups Flour

2 tbsp Baking Powder

1 & 1/2 tsp Salt

1 cup Shortening

2 cups Warm Water

Directions

1. Mix dry ingredients together.

2. Add shortening and blend well

3. Gradually add water until dough forms a ball.

It will be really sticky but will want to stick more to itself than anything else.

4. Let sit for at least 1 hour. (hardest part)

This is what it looks like after resting.

5. Form into round balls (about 1/2 the size of a fist).

6. Roll flat (as thin as possible without tearing).

7. Cook at medium high on a skillet (you'll know the first side is done when it starts to bubble and the other side will be browned when done)