Flour Tortillas

So the other recipe did not work out as well as I had hopped...but this one is closer. doing some tweaking still but it is easy and they turned out pretty good

4 C flour
1 C shortning
1 t salt
1 T sugar
2 t baking powder

Mix this thoroughly, I used the paddle attachment on the kitchenaid.

Add
1 C hot water
1/4 C vegetable oil (this may not be necessary if you use lard but the shortning is so darn dry...)
process with the Dough hook for a few min until it all comes together
Roll into golf ball size balls,
Smoosh (a tortilla press is the best but you can get ok results with a rolling pin)
cook lightly (don't over cook) they get hard fast if you over cook them)
Make sure to keep them warm (again they get hard as they cool)

ToDo
Try replacing some more of the shortning with oil...this should soften them up a bit