Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 4 slices bacon
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease
- 3/4 cup warm water
Instruction
- Place the bacon in a skillet and cook on medium heat, turning once, until it’s just beginning to crisp, about 7 minutes. Place the cooked bacon on a paper-towel lined plate and pour out 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease, reserving the rest for another use. When the bacon is cool enough to handle, finely chop.
- To make the tortillas, in a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Stir in the chopped bacon until well distributed. Add the oil, bacon grease, and warm water, and stir until a soft dough is formed (if it feels too wet, you can a more flour, a tablespoon at a time.) Cover the dough and let it rest for 1 hour.
- After an hour, divide the dough into 8 balls. Lightly flour a clean surface and one at a time place a dough ball on the floured surface, pat it out into a 4-inch circle, and then roll with a rolling pin from the center until it’s thin and about 8 inches in diameter. If the bacon falls out of the dough as you roll, pick them up and then lightly press them in the center of the tortilla, flip the tortilla, and then continue rolling.
- Keep the rolled-out tortillas covered until ready to cook.
- In a dry cast-iron skillet heated on medium high, cook for 30 seconds on one side, flip it and then cook for 1 minute on the other side. It should start to puff a bit. Flip it again and cook for 30 more. Place cooked tortillas in a basket lined with cloth or a tortilla warmer. Repeat process for remaining balls of dough.
- These will keep refrigerated for 1 week.
