I would like a recipe for homemade Mexican flour tortillas, simple as possible.?

Answer 1

HOMEMADE FLOUR TORTILLAS

3 tbsp. shortening
1 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
3/4 c. water

Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl. Cut in shortening. Add water to make dough. Take handful of dough and roll out on a lightly floured board, as thin as you can. Bake on a lightly greased griddle. Turn to brown

or

3 cups flour (unbleached or all-purpose)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4-6 tbsp lard (plus extra for pan)
about 1 cup warm (not hot) water

In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in lard and mix with your hands. Stir in warm water a little at a time until you reach of dough-like consistency. You may not need all the water or you may need a little more. Knead dough on a floured work surface for about 2 minutes. Seperate the dough into 12 balls. Let them rest for 10 minutes (or more) covered with plastic wrap.

Heat up a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. On a floured work surface, roll out tortillas with a floured rolling pin until very thin with about a 8-inch diameter. Melt about a tsp of lard on the pan and distribute evenly on pan surface. Lay one tortilla on the pan. Once the tortilla has hit the pan, flip (with your fingers or tongs) when you see the first few bubbles appear, about 1 minute. Cook another 30 seconds or until just slightly browning on bottom. Transfer on a plate and cover with tin foil while remaining tortillas are cooked. Add more lard to pan if necessary.

Makes 12 tortillas

Answer 2

In the eisle with the flour (or sometimes the hispanic foods) there is a product that all you have to do is add water too. It looks like a bag of flour, but says flour tortilla mix. It's made by Maseca. There is a corn variety, too.

Doesn't get any simpler than that!

Answer 3

Ingredients:
l k flour
l/4 k vegetable shortening
l l/2 aprox. cup of hot water
l/4 tsp.salt
l/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. sugar


Preparation:

Combine all dry ingredients and add water little by little until everithing is perfectly combined and it does not sticks to your hands. Let it stand covered for at least 30 minutes.
Form smal balls of about l.5 o 2 inches diameter and when they are almost cold extend them on a table with the rollpin. if they stick to de pin try to springle it with som flour and also the table.

TIPS. If the balls are well formed the tortillas will be better rounded ..

If the mixture sticks to your hands oil them
as you extend them.S

Answer 4

go buy the already just add water..flour by white wing I think....they taste just as good as making them from scratch...

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:MnpCBpLmzbcJ:www.texasrollingpins.com/tortillamix.html+white+wing+tortilla+mix&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

Answer 5

www.cooks.com will give you hundreds of recipes and is searchable by ingredient.

Answer 6

da.nm !! she knows her stuff!! thx gurl! i needed taht 2 ;]