Flour Tortillas in Under 30 Minutes

Name: Flour Tortillas in Under 30 Minutes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 tablespoon lard; 1 ½ cups of hot water

by Maxine

4 servings

30 min

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Whisk flour, salt and baking powder. Add lard and mix with your hand. Slowly add the hot water and mix until the dough comes together. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. If you have a Kitchenaid mixer, you can combine everything and use the dough hook the mix.

Leave the dough in the bowl and grab some dough and form into a bowl, the shape and size of a ping pong ball. Using a floured rolling pin, toll the ball into a thin round tortilla. Place the tortilla into a hot skillet and cook until bubbly and golden. Flip and do the same on the other side.

Note: You can form all of the tortillas and place on a parchment paper and continue with the rest before heating them up.

Flour Tortillas in Under 30 Minutes

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Recipe details

Yield 4 servings
Time spent: Prep time: 20 Minutes Cook time: 10 Minutes Total time: 30 min

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Instructions

Whisk flour, salt and baking powder. Add lard and mix with your hand. Slowly add the hot water and mix until the dough comes together. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. If you have a Kitchenaid mixer, you can combine everything and use the dough hook the mix.
Leave the dough in the bowl and grab some dough and form into a bowl, the shape and size of a ping pong ball. Using a floured rolling pin, toll the ball into a thin round tortilla. Place the tortilla into a hot skillet and cook until bubbly and golden. Flip and do the same on the other side.

Tips

If dough is too dry, add water. If its too sticky, add flour.
You can form all of the tortillas and place on a parchment paper and continue with the rest before heating them up.
You can freeze the uncooked tortillas for up to 3 months

Comments

B_b40120373 on Feb 27, 2021

Wow, really easy. And tasty!

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Hillary Parness Karan on Feb 27, 2021

Is there anything else I can use in place of lard? Thanks.

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- Kathy Brown on Feb 27, 2021
  
  I was wondering it, too so one plave I saw said unsalted butter
  
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- Patti Carver Harris on Feb 28, 2021
  
  I did use butter once, pretty tasty but better with lard!
  
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- Maxine on Feb 28, 2021
  
  Yes you can use Crisco or shortening. I’ve seen others use butter as well.
  
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- Mimi on Feb 28, 2021
  
  Some people use butter, I use 4 tblsp of cooking oil, it works just as well.
  
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- Mary Phibbs on Mar 08, 2021
  
  My Mexican grandmother always used Crisco.
  
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