The Recipe
Sometimes you just get lucky, and I sure did with this recipe courtesy of the Homesick Texan! Usually I have to try several different recipes to find my "go to" one, but this time I hit upon a great one my first time out. I browsed lots of tortilla recipes and some of them used up to 1/4 cup of shortening to make 8-10 tortillas. Since I wasn't at all concerned with the tortillas being authentic, I was excited when this recipe only used a few teaspoons of oil
Texas Flour Tortillas
(adapted from The Border Cookbook by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison)
Ingredients
Two cups of all-purpose flour (can make them whole wheat by substituting one cup of whole-wheat flour for white flour)
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of vegetable oil
3/4 cups of warm milk
Method
Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and oil.
Slowly add the warm milk.
Stir until a loose, sticky ball is formed.
Knead for two minutes on a floured surface. Dough should be firm and soft.
Place dough in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap for 20 minutes.
After the dough has rested, break off eight sections, roll them into balls in your hands, place on a plate (make sure they aren’t touching) and then cover balls with damp cloth or plastic wrap for 10 minutes. (It’s very important to let the dough rest, otherwise it will be like elastic and won’t roll out to a proper thickness and shape.)
After dough has rested, one at a time place a dough ball on a floured surface, pat it out into a four-inch circle, and then roll with a rolling pin from the center until it’s thin and about eight inches in diameter. (If you roll out pie crusts you’ll have no problem with this.) Don’t over work the dough, or it’ll be stiff. Keep rolled-out tortillas covered until ready to cook.
In a dry iron skillet or comal heated on high, cook the tortilla about thirty seconds on each side. It should start to puff a bit when it’s done.
Keep cooked tortillas covered wrapped in a napkin until ready to eat.
Can be reheated in a dry iron skillet, over your gas-burner flame or in the oven wrapped in foil.
While you probably won’t have any leftovers, you can store in the fridge tightly wrapped in foil or plastic for a day or so.
Makes eight tortillas.
Andrea's Kitchen & Verdict
I followed this recipe as it is written, and let me tell you these tortillas are YUMMY! I found it impossible to make them round, but for most things it really doesn't matter. They're delicious hot out of the pan (especially with butter and cinnamon sugar...almost like and elephant ear!) and also yummy a few hours later. I've never had any to store longer than that!
Sometimes you just get lucky, and I sure did with this recipe courtesy of the Homesick Texan! Usually I have to try several different recipes to find my "go to" one, but this time I hit upon a great one my first time out. I browsed lots of tortilla recipes and some of them used up to 1/4 cup of shortening to make 8-10 tortillas. Since I wasn't at all concerned with the tortillas being authentic, I was excited when this recipe only used a few teaspoons of oil
Texas Flour Tortillas
(adapted from The Border Cookbook by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison)
Ingredients
Two cups of all-purpose flour (can make them whole wheat by substituting one cup of whole-wheat flour for white flour)
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of vegetable oil
3/4 cups of warm milk
Method
Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and oil.
Slowly add the warm milk.
Stir until a loose, sticky ball is formed.
Knead for two minutes on a floured surface. Dough should be firm and soft.
Place dough in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap for 20 minutes.
After the dough has rested, break off eight sections, roll them into balls in your hands, place on a plate (make sure they aren’t touching) and then cover balls with damp cloth or plastic wrap for 10 minutes. (It’s very important to let the dough rest, otherwise it will be like elastic and won’t roll out to a proper thickness and shape.)
After dough has rested, one at a time place a dough ball on a floured surface, pat it out into a four-inch circle, and then roll with a rolling pin from the center until it’s thin and about eight inches in diameter. (If you roll out pie crusts you’ll have no problem with this.) Don’t over work the dough, or it’ll be stiff. Keep rolled-out tortillas covered until ready to cook.
In a dry iron skillet or comal heated on high, cook the tortilla about thirty seconds on each side. It should start to puff a bit when it’s done.
Keep cooked tortillas covered wrapped in a napkin until ready to eat.
Can be reheated in a dry iron skillet, over your gas-burner flame or in the oven wrapped in foil.
While you probably won’t have any leftovers, you can store in the fridge tightly wrapped in foil or plastic for a day or so.
Makes eight tortillas.
Andrea's Kitchen & Verdict
I followed this recipe as it is written, and let me tell you these tortillas are YUMMY! I found it impossible to make them round, but for most things it really doesn't matter. They're delicious hot out of the pan (especially with butter and cinnamon sugar...almost like and elephant ear!) and also yummy a few hours later. I've never had any to store longer than that!
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