Homemade flour tortillas

As a big fan of soft tortillas, I had to give these a shot.

Ingredients
— 4 cups of all-purpose flour
— 6 tablespoons of lard (or vegetable shortening if you are opposed to lard for whatever reason)
— 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt (I used kosher salt)
— 2 teaspoons of baking powder
— 1 1/2 cups of hot water

Tools needed
— Board of some kind, as in a big cutting board or a rolling board, dusted with a smidgen of flour
— Rolling pin dusted with a smidgen of flour
— If you have a tortilla press, use it! I didn’t, as I don’t have one, but it’s on my personal wishlist.

Recipe
— Start with your dry ingredients: whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt
— Add in the lard and use your hand to mix together
— Use your other hand to pour in some of the hot water, mixing it along the way
— Knead it! It took me about 25 minutes of kneading before it finally came together and formed a nice supple ball. No idea why it took so long. I watched a video where it only took the person making tortillas around ten minutes of kneading. Then again, I’m a newbie at making homemade flour tortillas, so maybe I’ll get better in due time.
— Separate into little balls. I made around 24-26 of them.
— Let rest for 10 minutes under a damp paper towel
— Add the dough balls to your board and start rolling them thin, rotating them 90 degrees after every roll.
— Heat up a skillet (I used a Lodge cast iron skillet) to medium to medium-high heat
— Cook your tortillas one by one. Takes about a minute or so on each side. You know it’s ready to flip when they start bubbling, and after the flip you can check the bottom side to see if it is golden brown

Enjoy with whatever you want. They are delicious even with some Kerrygold butter spread onto them fresh out of the skillet!