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Flour Tortillas
Recipe shared by someone from the cook's past; original source no longer recalled
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 tablespoons shortening
- 1½ cups warm water
Notebook directions
- Combine dry ingredients and cut in shortening.
- Mix well and add water a little at a time, working into a dough.
- Knead dough until smooth and let rest 10 minutes.
- Form into balls about the size of eggs. (Notebook also says “6-in diameter.”)
- Roll out into circles and cook on a medium-high griddle for about 1 minute on each side.
Source and notebook notes
Notebook yield: 8–12 tortillas.
The writer remembers receiving this recipe from someone in her past, but not exactly who. The crossed-out line between steps four and five has not been reconstructed.