Mamma Lucy's Flour Tortillas

Name: Mamma Lucy's Flour Tortillas
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 to 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 2 tablespoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons salt; 1/4 cup lard; 1 1/2 cups hot water

Random Owl @K_Farrey

Elwood, IL

Incredibly soft salty wraps Mamma Lucy used for her steak and potato tacos. I never got the recipe for the filling, but these shells taste great with other fillings. Obviously serving size depends on the person and what you fill them with

Note on the cooking time: It varies with skill. She used to turn a batch out in 15-20 minutes. Takes me about an hour.

Random Owl @K_Farrey

Elwood, IL

Note on the cooking time: It varies with skill. She used to turn a batch out in 15-20 minutes. Takes me about an hour.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 to 8 servings

4 cupsflour
2 tablespoonsbaking powder
2 teaspoonssalt
1/4 cuplard
1 1/2 cupshot water

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
2

Add the lard in small pieces. Smoosh into the dry ingredients with your fingers.
3

Add the hot water. Knead until smooth.
4

Divide into 16 balls. Roll out into 6 to 8 inch rounds? (I've never measured.)
5

Cook on a very hot griddle. One minute each side