Homemade Flour Tortillas

2lbs Flour (~8 Cups)

1 Tbl. Salt

2 Tbl. Baking Powder

Lard or unflavored Shortening

Boiling Water

1.  Mix all dry ingredients together thoroughly
2.    Add enough lard to make flour mixture into a fine sand-like consistency
3.      Slowly add boiling water to make dough wet.
4.      Make 1 1/2inch balls and let stand for a few minutes.
5.      Roll ball flat by rolling once up and once down on a lightly floured surface. Turn over dough and rotate 90°. Roll once up and down and rotate 90° roll once up and down. Turn over dough and rotate 90°. Roll once up and down and rotate 90° roll once up and down. This will make perfectly round tortillas with practice. Roll until ~1/8 inch thick. The thinner the better since they fluff up when they cook.

 6.     Cook over med low heat. Keep the tortillas moving while on the heat so they don’t overcook and dry out. Flip the tortillas to cook both sides. Cover tortillas while cooking the rest so they stay dry.

Makes about 2-3 dozen 8” tortillas