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This Week's Bread: Homemade tortillas.

Doin' my grandma's rolling pin proud.

# Flour Tortillas

Ama

3.0 cups flour
0.75 tbsp salt
0.5 tbsp baking powder
0.5 cup shortening
1.0 cup very hot water

1 - Hand mix all ingredients at once in a large mixing bowl until dough just comes together.
2 - Remove from the bowl and roll and knead dough on a flat surface until it's got a bumpy slightly tacky texture.
3 - Return the dough to the bowl and let it sit, covered by a damp cloth, for up to 8 hours (at least 30 minutes).
4 - Remove from the bowl and roll and knead dough on a flat surface until it's got a smooth and still slightly tacky texture.
5 - Return the dough to the bowl and let it sit, covered by a damp cloth, for five minutes.
6 - Break the dough into 16 balls.
7 - Roll out each ball with rolling pin into flat round tortillas, thin as possible.
8 - Cook on a griddle on high heat. Flip when tiny brown marks appear on the bottom side, about thirty seconds.
9 - Take tortilla off the griddle just as it begins to smoke. Repeat steps 7-9 as necessary.

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