Homemade Flour Tortillas, originally uploaded by exoskeletoncabaret.

Inspired by my friend Heather, who spoiled me over the weekend with her from-scratch quesadillas, I present a batch of homemade tortillas.

Heather and I used the recipe for flour tortillas found at www.hillbillyhousewife.com/flourtortillas.htm because it’s exceptionally inexpensive and fast to create nearly a dozen of these guys. I probably used a dollar or two of flour to make enough bread for the rest of the week.

Heather’s secret to super tasty tortillas is to use bacon grease instead of shortening–it’s horrifyingly delicious and we’re both notorious for having a big ol’ chunk of bacon goo around the house. It’s also way cheaper to just use what you have in the kitchen already and I don’t tend to keep shortening about. All y’all nice non-meat-eating folks will want to find some other grease source, clearly.

I followed the easy recipe and did use the baking powder, though Heather tends to do without. My tortillas ended up soft and fragrant, though oddly shaped, as I’m without rolling pin and had to use a donated can of organic Batter Blaster [tm] in a pinch.

SO GOOD. They look lonely without cheese and beans, however!

Thank you to Heather for the wonderful recipe source and for all the hospitality. <3