Flour Tortillas - Vegan
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup shortening (vegetarian suet)1/2 cup water, lukewarm
Combine the flour and salt, and cut in the suet with a knife until fine particles. Add the warm water gradually, and toss with fork to make a stiff dough.
Knead thoroughly on a lightly floured surface until smooth and flecked with air bubbles. Divide dough into 8 balls and roll as thinly as possible.
Place a plate on the rolled out piece of dough and use a knife to score round the plate. Add the surplus dough back with the rest.
Drop onto a very hot ungreased cast iron skillet or griddle and cook for about 30 seconds on each side. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Use at once, or wrap tightly and refrigerated or frozen.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TREEHUGGER73.
Knead thoroughly on a lightly floured surface until smooth and flecked with air bubbles. Divide dough into 8 balls and roll as thinly as possible.
Place a plate on the rolled out piece of dough and use a knife to score round the plate. Add the surplus dough back with the rest.
Drop onto a very hot ungreased cast iron skillet or griddle and cook for about 30 seconds on each side. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Use at once, or wrap tightly and refrigerated or frozen.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TREEHUGGER73.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 171.4
- Total Fat: 6.7 g
- Cholesterol: 3.6 mg
- Sodium: 291.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 23.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 3.2 g
Member Reviews
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ATHORNONTHEROSE
Can you substitute with whole wheat flour? - 7/31/08
Reply from TREEHUGGER73 (9/20/08)
I've never tried it but I can't see why not.
Let us know if you do and how they turned out.
:)