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      Title: Tortillas

 Categories: Breads - buns & rolls - biscuits - cornbread - dough, Dough

      Yield: 0 units



      2 c  flour

      1 tb lard or shortening

      1 ts salt

      1 ts baking powder



1) Warm water - some

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3) I throw everything but the water into the food processor with the dough blade on. 

4) Run the processor non-stop while adding warm water to be fed through the little hole in the vegetable pusher. 

5) When dough forms a large ball, stop adding water and stop processor. 

6) The masa should be smooth and pliable, not stiff or sticky. 

7)  Let rest covered 1 hour, divide into one inch balls (or larger, depending on how big you want the tortillas), 

8) roll flat on a well-floured surface and cook on a hot comal or cast iron pan about a minute and half each side.



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