This lady came up with a wonderful idea to make a huge batch and pull it out whenever she needed tortillas. She also makes large batches of other things. Go check it out! I decided to give it a try tonight. IT'S AMAZING! I'm never buying store bought tortillas ever again. These were so good and so super easy to make!
Ingredients:
- 16 cups of flour
- 2 Tbsp of baking powder
- 2 Tablespoons of salt
- 2/3 C shortening (She says 1/2 to 1 C)
Ok, mix the flour, baking powder and salt all together. (I had to separate it out into 2 big bowls and do half of the recipe in each bowl.) Whisk it all together. Now, everybody is different with how they choose to go about making it. What I had to do next was take one bowl and put it in my KitchenAid and 1/3 C. of Crisco shortening. I was worried that it would ruin the flour where it seemed to be more of a liquid. But the Crisco mixed right in with the flour and soon you couldn't see it. It's like the salt and baking powder! :) Then I had to dump the mix that was in my KitchenAid into my container that I have. Then I took the second bowl, put it in the KitchenAid and added the Crisco. I had fun, there was flour everywhere.
Anyway, I did get it all in my container. Except for 2 cups. Which was great, because I used it for dinner. :) Remember, you are adding volume to the flour by adding in the shortening, salt and baking powder. I didn't think anything of it, until I realized that I couldn't get my "16 cups" into my gallon container. So really, this 16 cup recipe makes 18 cups. (At least that's how mine turned out).
To make Tortillas:
Add 1/2 cup of water to 2 cups of mix.
Don't stir with a whisk. It didn't work for me, I had to use a fork. I let mine rest for 15 minutes, but really didn't notice a difference. I did notice however, that I had added a bit more water than I should have. My dough turned out really sticky. I had to add a lot of flour as I was rolling my tortillas out. Less water, I think is better. Divide your dough out into balls. I got 9 out of my 2 cups. They made little tortillas, but were a bit thicker, so I think they were perfect.
I rolled my tortillas out with a glass cup, they kept sticking to my rolling pin. I also didn't get any "circular" tortillas, but that's ok! I kept adding flour to it as I rolled it to help keep it manageable. Then, toss one at a time onto a hot pan and let them cook. Once the first side starts bubbling, give it about 20 seconds, then flip it and give it another 20-30 seconds. Each stove is different, you just have to experiment with it. (Next time, I think I'll add a bit more salt.)
I used these tortillas to go with my homemade fajitas that I'll post next. :) Trevor and I did the math, we got 18 cups worth out of this, and I got 9 tortillas our of 2 cups. That's an average of 81 tortillas! The only real expense on this is the flour, which was 1 1/2 one pound bags of flour. Not bad! I picked mine up cheap at a case lot sale at Smiths. The salt, baking powder and Crisco are things I have on hand. So at the most this cost me was $5, and I'll get 81 tortillas! AWESOME!
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| 16 cups of pure awesomeness. |
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| Yes, these tasted very good. |
I totally want to do this now!!! Can you use whole wheat flour? I always buy whole wheat tortillas, but they have a million other ingredients I can't pronounce in them that I would love to avoid. You said in your other post thought that whole wheat goes bad faster?
ReplyDeleteI would say that if you use whole wheat, be sure to use it within 3 months and maybe make a smaller batch to ensure none goes to waste. You will also probably need a bit more liquid when making them. :-)
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