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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Home made tortillas

I finally found a tortilla recipe I love!  All the credit goes to Hilla Kariv.  The recipe was easy, tasty and best of all, cheaper than store bought with no added ingredients.
Here's what I did:

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 TBL vegetable oil
2 TBL butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/4 cups warm water

Directions:
In a mixing bowl, mix flours, salt, and baking powder.  Add oil and butter and mix with a pastry blender or just use your hands.  Mix till butter is well blended into the flour.  Add the water, slowly, and mix with a fork.  **NOTE**  I only needed 1 1/8 ish cups water.  Depending on where you live and the humidity level, you may not need all 1 1/4 cups water.  Once the dough has come together, knead for a couple of minutes.  Form a ball with the dough, cover with a damp towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.  The dough should be pliable, but not sticky.

Divide the dough into 12 pieces and form each one into a ball.  Cover with a damp towel and let the dough rest again for 20 minutes.


Heat a heavy pan (a cast iron skillet would be perfect!) over med-high heat.  While pan is heating, roll out one ball of dough at a time with a rolling pin to the desired thickness you  like.  I made some small and some big tortillas, but made them very thin.  Cook for about a minute on each side till bubbly and browned.  Flip and cook another minute or so.  Here's what I did different.  While cooking in the pan, I set a smaller pan on top of the tortilla so it would brown more evenly and not bubble up.

That's it!  I froze mine and put sheets of wax paper in between.  I got 16 out of this batch.  If you will be eating right away, keep covered with a towel to keep them warm!


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