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Best Flour Tortillas

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Best Flour Tortillas recipe

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

15 min

Cook

10 min

Ready

25 min
Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Sugar-Free, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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3 ½ ounces vegetable shortening
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 cup water
warm
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
591 ml all-purpose flour
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101.2 ml/g vegetable shortening
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5 ml salt
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237 ml water
warm
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Directions

Place the flour, shortening and salt in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer.

Beat with the paddle until crumbly, 3 to 5 minutes.

With the mixer running, gradually add the warm water and continue mixing until the dough is smooth, about 3 minutes.

Divide the dough into 8 pieces.

Roll each into a ball and place on a baking tray or board.

Cover with a towel and let rest at room temperature at least 15 minutes or up to 1 hour.

Cut out eight 12-inch squares of waxed or parchment paper for stacking the tortillas.

On a lightly floured board, roll each ball into a 10-inch circle, and transfer to a paper square.

Stack on a baking tray or platter and refrigerate until cooking time.

Uncooked tortillas can be kept in the refrigerator, well wrapped with paper squares between the layers, up to 2 days.

To cook, heat a dry griddle or 12-inch skillet (Teflon is great) over medium heat.

Carefully peel off the paper and cook the tortillas one at a time, until puffy and slightly brown, 30 to 45 seconds per side.

Set aside to cool slightly on a towel-lined platter.

Bring to the table wrapped in a towel for warmth, or wrap well and refrigerate or freeze.

My Notes: It is not possible to roll the dough after mixing, it is too wet.

Place spoonfuls of dough onto a lightly floured long piece of waxed paper.

When ready to roll, have an extra ½ to 1 cup flour handy.

Lightly flour dough "glob" and gently roll dough in flour with your hands.

Place on another piece of ligbhtly floured waxed paper and roll to paper thin and beyond.

This is important because the tortilla will thicken when cooked.

Gently peel uncooked tortilla from waxed paper.

When cooking, make sure the tortillas have brown cooked patches on them or it will be undercooked.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 54g (1.9 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 16646% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 8g 13%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 7g 7%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Sugars g
Protein 5g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 7%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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