So that I can stop asking Ariel each time I want to make tortillas, allow me to finally (
finally) put it somewhere I'll find it again.
Hi, all!
Here's the recipe for the tortillas I made at taco night last
week. The recipe is from Ariel's mom - she said I could share
it with you. :)
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First I will give you the original recipe for flour tortillas that my
mother and mother-in-law used since they first began making them. It
is higher in fat than the recipe we now use, but they are sooooo good.
4 cups unbleached flour (I like King Arthur)
2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup shortening
about 1 1/2 cups warm water (my mother-in-law uses boiling water and so
do I)
Mix flour and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening using a pastry blender
(my mother and I) or your fingers (my mother-in-law). Add enough water
to make a soft dough; at this point the dough isn't particularly smooth.
It is better to have a dough that is too soft than one that is hard.
