Recipes Bread + Dough Tex-Mex Flour Tortillas Be the first to rate & review! All-vegetable shortening, such as Crisco, is the trick to making these homemade flour tortillas foolproof. The shortening yields a forgiving, easy-to-work-with dough that remains tender and fresh-tasting even after a few days stored at room temperature. Tender but sturdy, these tortillas are just as excellent for gooey, cheese-packed quesadillas as they are stuffed with hearty fillings, like juicy skirt steak or roasted vegetables. By Justin Chapple Justin Chapple Facebook Instagram Twitter Justin Chapple is a chef, recipe developer, food writer, video host, and cookbook author. In addition, he is the culinary director-at-large of Food & Wine and host of their video series, Mad Genius Tips, for which he was nominated twice for a prestigious James Bead Award. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 1, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Greg DuPree Active Time: 55 mins Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Yield: 2 dozen Ingredients 4 cups all-purpose flour (about 17 ounces) 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 cup all-vegetable shortening (such as Crisco) 1 1/4 cups water Directions Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add shortening; using your fingertips, incorporate into flour mixture until evenly combined. Add 1 1/4 cups water; mix with your hands until a sticky dough forms. Turn dough out onto an unfloured work surface. Using the heel of your hand, smear dough across work surface in a 10-inch-long layer. Using a bench scraper, scrape dough back into a ball. Repeat smearing and scraping process until dough becomes smooth and slightly sticky, about 5 minutes. Cut dough into 24 pieces (about 1 1/4 ounces each). Roll dough pieces into balls, and transfer to a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high until smoking; reduce heat to medium-low. Working with one dough ball at a time, roll dough out on an unfloured work surface to a very thin 7 1/2-inch circle. (Dough will stick to work surface.) Carefully peel dough off work surface; transfer to hot skillet. Cook until lightly browned in spots and pliable, 20 to 30 seconds per side. Wrap tortillas in a kitchen towel. Repeat process with remaining dough balls. Make Ahead Tortillas can be stored in a ziplock plastic bag at room temperature up to 3 days. Warm on a griddle before serving. Rate it Print