Home Made Tortillas

I can't for the life of me remember where I found this tortilla recipe. I know it was on the Internet somewhere but it was one of those days when I really wanted to make something bready and had very few ingredients in the house. Being afraid of yeast knocked out the majority of bread products until I found this tortilla recipe. No yeast, four ingredients everyone usually has in the house and they are made so quickly, what more was there to think about? In fact the ingredient list has been on a post-it note on the inside of my cabinet ever since.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour (I use regular all-purpose flour but I've heard Maseca makes better tortillas)
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil, I use canola but you could also use vegetable
• 1 tsp salt

In a medium sized bowl add flour, water, oil and salt. Mix until dough forms. Knead for a few minutes until dough is elastic. Place frying pan on stove and heat over medium heat. Separate dough into 18 small balls. Roll dough balls out until 1/4 inch thick. Place uncooked tortilla in frying pan and cook for 90 seconds. Flip tortilla. Cook for an additional 90 seconds or until both sides are white and have light brown spots on them. Place on plate and continue until all 18 small tortillas are cooked. Enjoy.


**As a person who usually cooks for one I like to make this recipe a little smaller. I use 1 cup flour, 1/3 cup water, eye-ball 1/3 of a 1/3 cup for the oil and add a pinch of salt. This makes approximately 6 small tortillas.