Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! I wanted to cook something in the spirit of the holiday and settled on tortillas. Luckily, I had all the ingredients on hand as the recipe doesn’t call for much. These came out great! They were the perfect balance of soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the out.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup lukewarm water

Using a fork, mix the flour, salt and baking powder. Using your hand or a pastry cutter, cut the shortening into the flour mixture until there are no big lumps of shortening. Slowly add the water, using more or less as you need it. Make sure the dough is not too sticky.

After you have finished adding the water, knead the dough for about three minutes. Put the kneaded dough back in your bowl and cover with a tea towel. Let the dough sit for about 10 minutes.

After the dough has sat for ten minutes, evenly separate it into balls.

Flatten the ball with your hand and add flour to the work surface. Flatten the circle with a rolling pin to get a thin tortilla.

Slap the tortillas back and forth between your hands.

Heat a large pan on medium heat. Cook your tortillas for 15-20 seconds on each side.

Make some quesadillas, or do like I did and make some breakfast burritos!