Recipe: Tortilla homemade (Flour Tortilla Mexican bread)

	Title:	Recipe: Tortilla homemade (Flour Tortilla Mexican bread)
	Board:	All Baking and Breadmaking at Recipelink.com
	From:	LK Canada 1-3-2002
	To:	ISO: how to make homemade tortillias
	Msg ID:	0210952

Flour Tortilla Mexican bread

4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon lard (yes, lard. shortening doesn't; work as well)
1/2 cup warm milk
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

FLOUR TORTILLA Mix all the dry ingredients and sift. Mix in lard. Add warm (not hot) milk gradually, knead til smooth. Cut into pieces. Roll out paper thin into round shape. Cook on hot griddle until lightly browned and "spotted".

Yield: 6 servings

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Replies:

	ISO: how to make homemade tortillias
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