Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas!

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🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable shortening

Olive oil is healthier due to its unsaturated fats, while vegetable shortening is often cheaper.

Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.

Add 1/2 cup of shortening to the dry ingredients until it reaches a crumbly consistency like cornmeal or oatmeal.

Measure 1 1/2 cups of water and add it to the mixture.

Mix all ingredients together until combined.

Knead the dough in the bowl for about 5 minutes until it forms a nice fine dough.

Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into balls and let them rest for an additional 45 minutes.

Roll out the dough balls until they are thin.

Heat an ungreased frying pan until warm.

Cook the rolled tortillas in the warm frying pan.

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