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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat your comal, cast iron or non-stick pan to medium heat. (you may need to adjust to find your own personal heat setting). | 2. Combine all dry ingredients together and mix well. | 3. Cut in shortening with a fork until mixture resembles fine crumbs. | 4. Add water and mix with fork until dough begins to come together. | 5. Begin to work dough with your hands and form one big ball. If dough is to dry add some more water, to sticky, add some more flour. | 6. Place ball of dough onto countertop and kneed for five minutes. | 7. Divide dough into 8 (fajita size), or 6 (burrito size) pieces. | 8. Shape each piece of dough into a flattened ball shape (for round tortillas), set back into the bowl and cover with a damp cloth. | 9. Roll out each round piece of dough and carefully lie flat on comal/pan. | 10. Cook on each side for about 30 seconds on each side. | 11. Store flat in a sealable container. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
vegetable shortening	1/4	cup		461.25	0.0	0.0	51.25
tap water	2/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.