Recipe: Bread Machine Tortillas

Bread Machine Tortillas

3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons salt
3 Tablespoons shortening or lard
1 cup hottest tap water

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bread machine. Cut shortening into pieces about the size of olives, and drop in.

Start mix cycle and slowly add tap water. Let cycle run five or six minutes, then stop machine.

Remove dough from bread machine, cover with a warm wet towel and let sit for 15 minutes, so dough can relax. (Do not skip this step or dough will be difficult to form into tortillas.)

Pinch off egg-sized pieces of dough and roll into balls. Use a rolling pin to roll them into thin rounds.

Heat a dry cast-iron skillet to medium. Transfer tortillas to skillet and cook until spots on the bottom are dark brown. Flip tortillas and cook on second side until spots are dark brown.

Serve immediately. Keep warm in the folds of a kitchen towel if necessary.

Makes 8-10 tortillas.