1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup oil
2/3 cup HOT water
Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Add oil and hot water (I heat mine in a tea kettle until almost boiling). Mix to combine. If your dough comes together in a ball, you're all set! If your dough is still stiff and not coming together, add water, by the Tbsp., until it does.
Get a dishtowel soaking wet and wring it out. Place ball of dough under wet towel and let it rest for 30 minutes. Then, divide dough into 8-10 balls and flatten like little discs. Leave them under the dishtowel while you are rolling out the tortillas.
Heat a cast-iron or stainless skillet to high. After you get going, you may need to lower the heat a bit. You can also use an electric pancake griddle- just crank it to the max temperature setting.
Lightly dust your rolling surface with flour. Roll tortillas into circles, starting from the center every time and rolling out, and turning between rolls to get even circles. Dust more flour underneath or on tortillas as needed. Roll as thinly as you can- preferably as thin as paper.
Cook tortillas on both sides, watching carefully. You should get little brown spots if your pan is hot enough. Immediately put the tortillas in a Ziploc with the zipper part wide open, or in a tortilla warmer. This will keep them soft!
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