Just made a batch of homemade tortillas. Tasty. After I pulled the last one off I took the first one with some shredded cheese & made a mini cheese quesodilla. Not as good as the ones Mama Linda used to make, but then I'm not a 60 year old Mexican woman who was born and raised in rural Mexico.
I made a few adjustments to the dough on the fly but this is the approximate recipe:
3 cups white flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
6-8 Tablespoons fat (I used cold butter, most recipes will say lard or shortening)
1-1.25 cups warm water
--Mix up dry ingredients
--Cut in fat with pastry cutter (make sure it's cold) until crumbly
--Add water to form a sticky dough, fold and knead several times. It should become a bit less sticky.
--Let dough rest 10-15 min
--Form golf balls, let rest again 10-15 min
--Heat oiled iron skillet or nonstick pan to the point where it's ready to smoke
--:nutters: Roll out your balls into paperthin discs
--Place disc on skillet until it starts to bubble up (~30 sec), flip, bubbles, pull it, place on plate, cover with towel
--Lather, rinse, repeat
Let them sit on the plate for 10 minutes or so before you try one (the first one's ready when you pull the last one off the heat, basically). Super quick, super simple, way better than the ones from the supermarket. A quick tip, while cooking the first side you can check if the center is done by lightly pressing on it. If it stays indented & is a little darker, the inside is still doughy. Roll your balls thinner or perhaps your skillet isn't hot enough. If they bubble too early, your skillet is a little too hot.