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Soft Flour Tortillas

January 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Homemade Soft Flour Tortillas

Soft, roll-able, warm flour tortillas. Perfect for tacos or smeared with butter.

flour tortillas

The struggles with from scratch cooking, sometimes it can take a long while to master a recipe. This is such the case with homemade tortillas. We eat a lot of tortillas and I hated buying them with all the mystery ingredients.

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I have been trying to make soft flour tortillas about 12 years. Fear not, I have a soft tortilla recipe. The secret, pork lard. Make sure you source your pork lard from a reputable source. You can render your own or Epic brand has a good pork lard. Side bar here…you can also use butter if you can’t get quality lard.

soft flour tortillas

Soft Flour Tortillas

Soft, roll-able, warm flour tortillas. Perfect for tacos or smeared with butter.
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 2 mins
Servings 16 Tortillas

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups Organic Flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder aluminum free
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 Tbsp pork lard (you can also use butter)
  • 1 C boiling water

Instructions
 

  • Mix everything in a bowl.
  • Knead with your hands until a smooth play dough textured dough is formed. About 2 minutes.
  • Form 16 balls of dough.
  • Let dough rest 30 minutes.
  • Heat a cast iron skillet on Med-Low
  • Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin as thin as you can get it.
  • Cook on each side about 1 minute

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