Please? Bendy Tortilla Recipe

[bonbon mama]

My daughter misses store-bought tortillas for their flexible bendiness. My tortillas have good flavor and make excellent quesadillas but they do not bend *at all* without cracking. I'd like them to be whole wheat, not corn.

Recipes?

: Thanks!

[annakiss]

Grandma Martinez's Tortilla Recipe (verbatim minus spectrum naturals)

4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
6 tablespoons shortening (1/3 rounded cup) *we use spectrum naturals non-hydrogenated
About 1 cup very hot water

Mix shortening in with dry ingredients with hands. Add hot water all at once & mix with spoon. Kneed with hands until smooth & not sticky. If you put too much water, add more flour. Bake on hot grill or skillet. Very good fried in hot fat with cinnamon & sugar or syrup.


Sorry it took me so long to get this to you!

[bonbon mama]

a coupla years, but who's counting :

whole wheat?

[annakiss]

whole wheat works but not as well as white. you could half and half it. Or just experiment and see how it goes.

[tempestjewel]

I have to make gluten-free tortillas here, but the trick to making them bendy does seem to be adding fat- the Spectrum Organics shortening works well here

[sofiabugmom]

Is there any substitute for the shortening? I'm in a country where it's hard to find shortening.

TIA!

[annakiss]

Well you can use lard, if you like.

[sofiabugmom]

Thanks!

I'm not a veggie, so I'm not averse to it. I just need to find someone to help me find it at the hypermarkets here.

[annakiss]

You def. need to use solid fats. Oil won't help be bendy.

[kjbrown92]

I tried the shortening, and mine didn't bend. The next time I used lard, and they were absolutely wonderful.

[bonbon mama]

I've used olive oil and coconut oil in the past but they cracked

I think I'm going to try the lard from our farm co-op and the recipe from Anna's Grandma next week when I can get the lard.

Does anyone have a tried and true bendy tortilla recipe with lard or CO & whole wheat?

[quietserena]

the shortening mentioned in the thread previously is actually refined expelled pressed palm oil, that might be easier to find.

[LeilaLuv]

also, adding too much shortening or fat will make them crispy as well, It has t be perfect. Im mexicann and grew up watching my grandma and mom make them all teh time and till this day I cant get it right always too much or too little

tempestjewel- could u share your GF recipe pretty please??