Grandma's Tortilla Recipe (Post #5)

The first I made these was on a weekend afternoon in elementary school. At the time my dad was talking a lot about the tortillas that my grandma used to make and had me call her up and get the recipe. She hadn't thought about it in a long time but did her best to remember and I'll never forget the time I tried one. Yes they do take time and it is work but once one try the real deal, it's very hard to go back. 

Ingredients 

4 cups of flour

2 teaspoons of salt

6 tablespoons of shortening

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 1/4 cup of fairly warm water

Put all of the dry ingredients into a bowl, add the shortening, and work it into the flour. Once blended, slowly add the water and form into a ball until there is no more flour in the bowl. Knead the dough on a board, form small balls and let them sit covered with a dish towel for 15 minutes. Once rested, cook the small dough balls on a low-med low heat on a skillet or griddle, 2 minutes on 1 side, 1 minute on the other. 

I actually lost this recipe for many years until recently when my dad came across it in one of his cookbooks. It was written down on a yellow sheet of paper and I had to re-read what I wrote several times before I finally understood. Thank goodness it wasn't lost forever.