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Tortillas De Harina Flour Tortillas

This is an easy recipe to make buttery, yummy tortillas. Great for quesadillas, fajitas and burritos. I hope you enjoy it!!

Steps

Mix dry ingredients.
Make a hole in the middle of your mountain of flour.
Add oil and water and start mixing.
When the dough is firm enough , knead it a bit on a flat surface.
Break pieces off the dough by squeezing it with your thumb and index finger.
Make several round balls , and placed them on a floured surface.
Let the testales rest for about 30 minutes covered with a damp towel.
Place a testal on a floured surface.
Flour your rolling pin and roll.
Whatever technique you use for rolling just spread them enough so they are bout 6 inches in diameter.
Cook your tortillas on a comal , flat griddle or skillet at medium heat.
You dont need to oil the skillet.
Just like with pancakes , the 1st one is never good , but the rest are delicious.
You can pile up the uncooked tortillas , they wont stick.
My process is usually: flatten , place in comal , flatten another one , turn the one in the comal , flatten another one , remove the one from the comal and repeat !.
It takes a.

Ingredients

all-purpose white flour, vegetable oil, baking powder, salt, warm water