Corn Tortillas

My sister taught me how to make corn tortillas and now we are hooked. They taste incredible compared to store bought tortillas. It's pretty shocking. I don't even make them fully from scratch and yet the taste is so much better. So, come on into my kitchen and I'll teach you how to make them today.

I buy masa dough that is already prepared. You can buy it this way but if you can't find it, you can purchase the corn masa in a box but be sure it's the kind for making corn tortillas. It will either say so on the box or it will have recipe instructions on the back of it for making corn tortillas. You should only need to add water but some tell you to add lime. My dough comes already mixed and in a bag. I freeze it until I'm ready to use it and then I set it out on the counter all day to defrost for making tortillas right before dinner.

You'll need a tortilla press....mine is cast iron which is what I recommend. I got mine on Amazon and it's the largest size which I also recommend.

Roll the dough into golf ball sized balls numbering the amount of tortillas you want to make.



Cut two squares out of a Walmart bag and wash them with soap and water. Trust me the Walmart bag will work the best.





Place one piece of plastic on your press.

Put one dough ball on the plastic and cover it with the second piece of plastic.




Close the press, pull the arm over and press hard. You may need to turn the tortilla around to get it pressed really even.

Peel the top layer of plastic off.










Carefully peel the tortilla off of the bottom layer of plastic. You want to be sure not to tear the tortilla off of the plastic. Do this by laying the tortilla in your hand and pulling the plastic off of it.

Once in your hand you can then lay it on the griddle.

Don't flip the tortilla over onto the griddle because it will possibly stick to your hand and tear a hole. Instead, lay the edge on the griddle and slowly lay it while you sort of roll your hand out from under it.









You will know the tortilla is ready to flip when the edge of the tortilla gets a little dry. You don't want to let the whole top get dry though because it will turn white and be ruined. Flip it while the dough is still sticky. Don't worry about your tortillas being perfectly round, that's what makes them homemade, right!?

Once you have a whole stack made, make yourself some killer tacos. It will be difficult to go back to storebought after this.

You can freeze these easily!

These are super fun to make with kids. In fact, my kids make them themselves now. It takes some time to get the whole technique down but I assure you that with practice you'll get the hang of it.