Make Your Own Flour Tortillas

There are a lot of items you can make yourself. I usually stock up on tortillas when they are on sale at the store. I have had success freezing them. Sometimes it's fun to make a couple batches of your own and they are quite cheap to make. Makes about 12 tortillas

• 4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. salt
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable shortening or lard
• 1/2 cups warm water or more, if needed

Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl. Gradually work the shortening or lard into the flour with a pastry blender (A pastry blender helps make the texture that you want with tortillas). Continue mixing until the flour and shortening (or lard) is completely mixed. Next, start adding water until the dough is soft but not so much that it becomes sticky.

Once the dough is ready, make three ounce balls of dough. You can use a small scale to get an idea of how big three ounce portions should be. Role each ball until they are about 1/8 inch thick and 6 incches in diamater (a great size for fajitas).

To cook the tortillas, heat a skillet on medium high heat. Place the tortillas one at a time on a dry skillet. Cook until they are light brown and then flip and then flip over and brown the other side.

Now you have fresh warm tortillas! You can eat them warm or store them for later in the fridge.