8-inch Flour Tortillas

Name: 8-inch Flour Tortillas
Yield: Makes 12 tortillas
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups (13 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 6 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, cut into 6 pieces; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons, water, heated to 110 degrees; 1/2 teaspoon, vegetable oil

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2011

Homemade tortillas are not as difficult as you think.

SERVES Makes 12 tortillas

TIME 1 hour, plus 30 minutes chilling

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