Flour Tortillas


Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
1 T baking powder
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, vegetable shortening, or vegetable oil, at room temperature
1½ cups water heated to 120° F

Directions
Salt the water
Heat the water to 120° F
Mix the flour, salt and oil together
Add the water
Mix for 1-2 minutes
Allow dough to rest for 10 minutes
Form the dough into golf ball size balls
Place the ball in between two layers of plastic sheets
Press with a tortilla press or rolling pin
Cook the tortillas one at a time on a dry cast iron skillet for one minute per side
Stack cooked tortillas in a tortilla basket or use immediately

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