My Cooking Journey (As a Terrible Cook) (Part 2)

Uncooked tortillas from this recipe!
Chicken Alfredo is not the only thing that I have learned how to make. Someone taught me how to make that Alfredo step by step, but this new recipe is something I learned to make by watching a video on TikTok actually. Very different yet tastes amazing: buttery flour tortillas. A complete switch-up, but I absolutely love this recipe. It only takes about 30 minutes to make and has very little ingredients. I learned this recipe when I was a sophomore in high school, and I had my parents try it (spoiler: they liked it a lot). This really gave me confidence in cooking, and this recipe especially tested my kneading and rolling skills. I also love baking, so I really love making things from scratch. Ironically, I am a good baker, despite my cooking disparities. 





My beautiful mixing bowl and sifter
The first step to making these tortillas is to mix 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 1 tablespoon of baking powder. It helps that the portions of each ingredient go in a "3, 2, 1" pattern because it helps me to remember it. You will want to use a big bowl because later you will want the dough to rise. If you have one, use a sifter to help really mix those dry ingredients together. Mixing with a whisk works well, too, and I will use a whisk to mix the sifted ingredients after. To the right is my mixing bowl and sifter (I am newly living in this house so I don't quite have mixing bowls yet). After mixing, in a smaller bowl, put 1/2 cup of unsalted butter with 1 cup of water in the microwave until the butter is melted. Mix that together and pour into the dry ingredients in the bigger bowl. I usually start by mixing with a fork because the butter and water mixture is too hot for me to start with my hands. 




Melted butter and water mixture with the dry ingredients
Once the mixture starts clumping onto the fork, I start mixing with my hands. After I have the dough contained, I put flour onto my countertop and continue kneading on a flat surface. Knead the dough until it is all one color. Sometimes there will be little pockets of dry ingredients on the side or inside the dough, so I will open up the dough to make sure and need it back into a ball. After the dough has been kneaded all the way through and is in a ball, place it back in the big mixing bowl you used and place wax paper over the top to cover (tin foil works good too). Leave it covered for 15-20 minutes. I like to make sure they are fully compact and not very sticky, so I leave them for the full 20 minutes. 


Starting the kneading process on the counter!










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