Name: Corn Tortillas Recipe
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican

Making homemade corn tortillas from scratch is easy They taste better than anything you can buy at the store. 

How to make Corn Tortillas Recipe

Elise Bauer

Crawler

Mexican

<p>Making homemade corn tortillas from scratch is easy They taste better than anything you can buy at the store. </p>

Vegetarian

Masa Harina

To make 16-18 tortillas, start with putting 2 cups of masa flour in a large bowl.

step 1

Add 1 1/2 to 2 cups of very warm water to the masa flour (according to the directions on the package, some brands may call for different amounts of water).

step 2

step 3

Begin working the masa with your hands to make the dough. Work the dough for several minutes.

step 4

Press the dough with your fingers and the palms of your hands as if you were kneading bread dough.

step 5

The dough will be a little gritty at first, but should become more pliable as you kneed it.

step 6

If at any point through the tortilla making process the dough seems too dry or too wet, add a little more water or masa to the dough.

step 7

Pinch off a piece of the masa dough and rub it between your hands to shape it into a ball the size of a plum, or slightly large golf ball.

step 8

step 9

Cut two pieces of plastic from a plastic freezer bag into the shape of the surface of the tortilla press.

step 10

Open the tortilla press and lay one piece of plastic on the press. Place the masa ball in the center.

step 11

Place another piece of plastic over the masa ball.

step 12

Gently close the press and press down, until the dough has spread to a diameter of 4 to 5 inches.

step 13

Heat. A well seasoned cast iron griddle or large cast iron pan works well for this.

step 14

Working one at a time, hold a tortilla in your hand, carefully removing the plastic on each side.

step 15

Allow the tortilla to rest half on your hand, and half hanging down, and gently lay the tortilla down on to the skillet. Start working on pressing the next tortilla.

step 16

Cook the tortilla on the hot pan for 30 seconds to a minute on each side. The tortilla should be lightly toasted and little air pockets forming.

step 17

Remove the tortillas to a tortilla warmer lined with dish towel or paper towels, or wrap them in a dish towel to keep them warm.

Corn Tortillas Recipe

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Ingredients for Corn Tortillas Recipe