Saturday, January 1, 2011

Tortillas

2 cups unbleached flour
1 tsp salt
3 tbs butter or margarine
1/2 cup warm water
cooking oil

Mix flour & Salt
Cut in Butter/Marg.  until size of fine crumbs
Sprinkle in water one Tbs at a time until moist and dough cleans sides of bowl. Gather into a ball. Divide into 12 parts for 6" tortillas and less parts for larger tortillas.   Shape each into a ball. Brush with oil.
Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
Heat ungreased pan over med/high heat until hot.
Roll out each ball of dough to make flat tortillas. lay in heated pan for 2 minutes. Flip over and heat on other side for 1 minute.  Stack tortillas placing wax paper between each. Cover with a damp cloth

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