Yesterday we had homemade tortillas for dinner. They were delicious. In fact, my husband thought it would be a good idea to have fresh tortillas every Sunday. I told him I would be happy to show him how to make them 
I thought I would share how we came to making our own tortillas. When I taught first grade we studied Mexico. As a culminating activity we had a fiesta and all the kids brought a dish to share. The day before the fiesta my teammate told me, “oh yeah, and I usually make tortillas with the kids.” So being the easy going person I am, I asked her if she had a recipe, no big deal she sprung this on me the day before we were supposed to do it. She didn’t, the one she used before didn’t produce good results the year before so she was going to “wing it.”
Now I am all for “teaching in the moment” and what not, but not when it involves a hot pan, messy dough and six year olds. Not to mention I was 5 months pregnant at the time too. So I decided to for go the tortillas, besides I hadn’t even mentioned them to the kids.
The fiesta was great and my teammates tortillas were a disaster. Afterward I decided to be prepared for the next year and I found the simplest recipe I could and practiced at home. Well, the recipe is simple and it produced such good results we continue to use it to make our own tortillas. And I have a great, kid friendly recipe for when I go back to work.
Homemade Tortillas Recipe
Here are a few in the process photos too.
Resting dough balls.
Pressed out by hand.
In the hot pan.
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