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Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2008
After trying other recipes (Authentic Mexican Tortillas and Mexican Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas) I can say this one is the one I like best. It is low in fat but tastes great! It is easy to make and if you let it rest at least 1 hour it rolls out thin and holds together like the ones you buy at the store. I took the advice of other reviewers and used very hot water and was careful to not overcook them. That is very important to be sure they are soft enough to fold. It only takes about 10-15 seconds per side. I also like 10-12 inch tortillas so I only made 7 out of the recipe so they would be big enough for soft tacos for my teen age boys. With the price of store tortillas going up so much this is a great way to go!
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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2008
We had middle school girls in our after-school program make these, and they came out really really good! I think they had a little trouble pressing them the right amount (they were thick), but a tortilla press would've been really helpful for that... The flavor was really good!
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Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2008
These are great but i had to make them twice the first batch did not have enough water, so they were hard and craking and i surely could not bend them, i threw that batch out and tried again, this time i added water until the dough formed a ball but was almost to the sticky stage but if you get to the sticky stage add more flour, i formed little balls and I let them rest for 30 mins, you should be able to roll out the dough without any cracks forming along the edges and it not be sticky, when cooked they were perfect i was able to bend them and they are going to be perfect in tonight dinner. Good luck all
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.38 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2008
I love home made tortillas and this was a good recipe. I did use lard instead of shorting and i cooked them in a non stick pan on medhigh to high for about 5sec on each side then put them in a zip lock that had a moist paper towel in it imediatly until i was ready to serve.
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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2008
These are so much better than store bought! My family loved them. I deep fried the left overs and sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on them. Just wonderful.
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Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2008
These were really good! I didn't end up cooking them very long because after the first one (I let it get bubbly like the recipe states) I could tell they would be too crunchy to roll up for the burritos I was making. I also used half whole wheat flour and they were perfect! Thanks for an easy tortilla recipe!
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Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2008
I just want to know how to keep the tortillas soft. The recipe worked ok, I guess, but they got too crisp too fast, and broke when we tried to eat them. I put them in a plastic bag as they came off the griddle, with a damp tea towel inside the bag, and that didn't work. Help? Any suggestions?
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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007
This is the authentic recipe for tortillas.
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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2007
These were pretty good and surprisingly easy to make. I had to use about double the shortening to get the right consistency, and a tiny bit more water. Next time I will try and sub butter or margarine as I try to avoid using shortening as much as possible. I found the dough quite easy to roll out. They don't stay soft long though...unless there is a way to store them that I am not aware of.
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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2007
Let me just say I am not Mexican. I don't have any beautiful stories about my grandma rolling out tortillas, 20 dozen at a time. And actualy, I like store bought tortillas. My mom always bought tortillas from the grocery store, I've always bought tortillas from the grocery store, and my 3-year old son loves to snack on a good old Mission-brand tortilla plain. Recently we moved to Switzerland and store bought tortillas are about $6 or $7 for a bag of 5! I was looking for a recipe in hopes that they wouldn't be too different than the store bought tortillas I have grown up on. These are perfect, sure I made my adjustments (more fat, mmm)and they ended up looking more like ameobas than circles. But they were great and close to store bought, just a little better. My son still loves to snack on these plain and we can do everything we did with the good ole' mission brand.
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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2007
I roll these onto a surface sprayed with a mist of oil and with a rolling pin misted as well. This keeps them just right for the cooking!
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Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2007
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. UPDATE: Second time around I made the full recipe. I used the hottest tap water and it did take more than the given amount to get the dough to ball up. Somehow I got 13 tortillas out of this? They weren't 7 inches, only 6. I have trouble getting them circular as mine are a bit lopsided as you can see in the pic, but they were almost as good as my favorite taqueria's so who cares?
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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2007
These turned out perfectly, and they were my first attempt at tortillas. BUT HOLY COW, ROLLING THIN TORTILLAS IS EXHAUSTING! We rolled them extremely thinly, because we needed them to be large enough for our recipe ("Addictive Sweet Potato Burritos"). Once we got them rolled out (worked fine, but is tiring) and cooked in a cast-iron pan, they were divine to work with. They were crispy, but were still maleable enough to fill to the brim and roll. I give this recipe an A+, but, man, rolling is a lot of work!
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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2007
Just made 'em for the first time ever. I think they might have turned out just fine. Used no baking powder, hot water and extra shortening. :)
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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2007
Thanks so much for this!! Dough was easy to find the perfect consistancy, which is usually a nightmirror for my husband and I . Thanks for sharing!
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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2007
I increased the water to 2/3 cup, and I accidently forgot the baking powder and they still turned out great!
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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2007
This recipe is awesome! I have never made tortillas before, and it was an easy yummy recipe! I used 1/4 cup shortening as recommended by other users and they turned out great. My husband said no more need to buy store bought tortillas!
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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2007
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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2007
I did one batch with a few changes: I used the 2 cups flour, about ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp baking powder, 4 or 5 TBS lard, and more like 5/8 cup of water. I used the food processor to mix the ingredients, and I let the big ball of dough rest for maybe 45 minutes. I also let the small dough balls (I made 8) rest for maybe 15 minutes before rolling out. They weren't very pretty, but they tasted great! The first side cooked for about 45 seconds, the second for maybe 30 seconds. To reheat and soften them up, I popped two at a time in the microwave with damp paper towels around and between them for 15 seconds. Excellent and tasty! Thanks for sharing, Teresa!
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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2007
Wow! I just made this and they turned out great. They taste better than the ones from the grocery. I too added more shortening, and I found it easier to roll all the dough out and use a bowl to cut perfect circles out. Then, to get them thin enough, I rolled each circle out until I could see the grain of my rolling surface through the dough. Perfect!
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