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Granny's Flour Tortillas

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Granny's Flour Tortillas recipe

 

Yield

1 batch

Prep

45 min

Cook

5 min

Ready

50 min
Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Sugar-Free

Ingredients

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2 cups all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 cup water
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
473 ml all-purpose flour
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2.5 ml salt
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15 ml vegetable shortening
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1E+1 ml baking powder
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237 ml water
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Directions

Combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Meal in shortening. Add hot water and kneed.

Dough will be soft. Sometimes I add just a bit of flour to keep from sticking to hands (but beware, as this will make for a stiff tortilla).

Let dough rest for 30 minutes to an hour. Form into 10 to 12 balls.

Coat rolling pin with flour. Roll balls in flour just to coat.

Roll out on unfloured board to as thin as possible and still be able to pick up and place on medium to medium hot griddle.

The griddle should be coated slightly with oil.

Cook for about 30 seconds until bubbles show, turn over and cook just a little longer than first time.

Tortilla should not get brown.

Turn tortilla back over. Take a dish towel (or a previously cooked tortilla) and place on the tortilla, and with the side of your hand (be carefully not to burn hand) press firmly on one corner of the dish towel/tortilla, and then rotating the palm of the hand firmly over the tortilla (a cupping motion).

(If the dough is the right texture; if the tortilla is not too thin or too thick; and if the heat of the griddle is not too hot or too cool, the tortilla will PUFF UP). Immediately remove tortilla and wrap in dish towel to keep tortillas warm and soft.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 127g (4.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 25413% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 1g 4%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 299mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 16%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Sugars g
Protein 13g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 5% Iron 17%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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