Out Of Desperation... Flour Tortillas

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (divided)
• 1/3 teaspoon table salt
• 2/3 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup margarine (shortening would probably work, too)
• 1/3-1/2 cup warm water

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, thoroughly combine only 1 cup of flour with the salt and baking powder.
• 2 crumble in the margarine and mix well with your fingers, breaking up any large clumps.
• 3 add in the warm water (starting with the lower amount and add more as needed) and combine well. do this for about 2 minutes until you have a nice ball of dough. put the ball into the bowl and loosely cover with a damp paper towel. place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• 4 lightly sprinkle some of the remaining 1/3 cup flour onto a cutting board. use some of the flour to coat a rolling pin.
• 5 divide and roll the dough into approx 1" size balls (i got 7 total).
• 6 one at a time, place each ball onto the floured board. begin to roll the dough ball into a very thin disc. (i would say about 6" diameter or so, but none of mine came out round. i had some pretty bizarre shapes). place each flattened ball onto a plate and cover with the damp paper towel.
• 7 heat a large, non-stick skillet over a medium-low flame. dry fry (no oil) one tortilla at a time. as each one gets lightly browned on both sides (about 2 minutes per side), remove to a clean plate and cover with a damp paper towel. repeat until all the tortillas are fried up.
• 8 serve and enjoy (i hope).