I've tried a few different recipes for tortillas and I like these the best. They were light and fluffy and had good flavor. They were very soft and flexible. I used some suggestions by other reviewers and made sure I used the hottest water I could get out of my tap and I made sure I didn't cook them to long. Maybe only 30-35 seconds per side.

These were perfect flexible, tender, soft, great tasting tortillas. I used butter flavored shortening and hot water but followed recipe to a T and got great tortillas. THANKS!

Taste great!!! Made these tonight for our fajitas. My daughter & I loved them; much better than store bought. Hubby not home, but sure he will feel the same way. I used 1/2 tsp. salt & baking powder, and about 1/4 cup shortening.

Great recipe! This was the first time I made tortillas and I loved them! So much better than store bought tortillas. I did have to use more water than the recipe called for. I don't know if this is an altitude thing since I live in a pretty high altitude but I used about 1/4 cup more hot water. I also used 2 TBL shortening instead of 1. It made 10 tortillas for me. I think the trick is rolling them very very very thin. That way you will get more out of the recipe. Thanks!

I liked these enough to make them my regular recipe. This recipe doesn't make many (and we like our tortillas a little larger to hold fillings) so next time I will double or possibly triple the recipe. Overall this was an easy recipe my daughter helped me make and they were soft and yummy! Oh, and I don't have a cast iron skillet but they worked just fine in my non-stick skillet.

I didn't know I could make a tortilla! Yeah! I will say, doing 12 pieces never got to 7 inches for me, so I will do less next time. (update, I did 6 pieces - MUCH BETTER!) The flour and shortening never really got to the consitency described, but that was ok. It all still worked. The only change the the recipe for me was I warmed up the water. Again, mine were small and came out more like soft shells for tacos. No prob though, we had it with rice, refried beans, salsa, and cheese. Yummy and Fun for the family!

Excellent recipe! Reminds me of the tortillas my grandma makes. I didn't follow the recipe exactly, I used it as a guideline. Then, instead of measuring everything exactly, I just measured it out in my hand and guessed so I may have been a bit more or a bit less on ingredients but it wouldn't have been by much. And they came out perfect!

Doubled the recipe - turned out really well. Thanks!

Yippee!! Much better than other tortilla recipes I've tried. The dough actually allows you to roll it thin which is essential. I think the most helpful instruction was to get the flour/ shortening to the texture of cornmeal. Way to spell it out! I also used warm water as another reviewer suggested and found the dough very pliable and strechy. My life has been seriously lacking Mexican food since I moved to Europe 4 years ago... not anymore!! Now if I could just find some masa harina over here to try corn tortillas... doubtful.

Super easy and turned out nicely. Mine came out thin and kind of delicate. I didn't use hot water, uh was I supposed to? The dough was really sticky when I made 6 little balls of it, but I floured my hands well and the rolling pin too and they turned out just like I get at a local taqueria! My first homemade tortillas... so simple. The taste was decent too, but not anything wow. I used White Wings flour as it's recommended for tortilla making. I cut this in half and got 6 tortillas just as stated. To keep these warm and make them soft, I put them in my tortilla keeper as soon as they are done and put the lid on, by the time you have cooked the last one, the others are all still warm and very soft and pliable too. Thanks Teresa for sharing this, I really enjoyed trying these.

I actually tried this recipe and found it so easy to make,I couldn't remember how my mother made them when I was younger but after I made them they tasted just like mom's

I probably messed this up since everyone else seems to love these. I used King Arthur's white whole wheat flour. I halfed the recipe but wasn't able to make 6 tortillas, I made 2 that were about 10". Didn't taste good to me, but I'd like to try them again with regular white flour and maybe use a cast iron skillet instead of nonstick.

These are great! Loved the flavor and the texture. I didn't really measure the shortening, I just put a few spoonfuls in. To make a uniform shape I rolled the dough balls out and then used a saucepan lid to cut them into perfect circles. With the leftover dough I just made one odd shaped one! For me this recipe made six 7 inch tortillas and the one smaller odd shaped tortilla. Will definitely use this recipe again! Thanks!

I thought there were horrible! Took the dough 1 cup of water to even start to come together. When I put them on my tortilla press they came out like chips. It was a horrible experiance. The dough was hard as a rock after 5 minutes of sitting out. Even the "just add water" kind was better then this. Won't make again this way.

makes 6-8 only