Instructions:

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Mix unbleached flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

Add vegetable shortening or lard. Use a fork or a pastry cutter

to cut in the shortening. The old fashioned way is to use your hands.

Next, add warm water a little at a time until dough is soft and not sticky. 

Do not use very hot water. Knead the dough lighty.

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Pull off pieces of dough to form 12 dough balls. Let them rest for 5 minutes.

This is a good time to pre-heat the comal or griddle to medium heat.
 

Now you can roll out the dough with your tortilla rolling pin or palote. 

It's a good idea to dust each ball with a little flour.

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Lay the palote in the center of the dough ball and roll up, back to center

and roll down. Lift the dough and give it a quarter turn. Lay onto the hot 

comal for a few seconds. Flip to other side till you have nice brown specks.

 

Place your homemade tortillas in a tortilla warmer!