Tortillas

Impress your friends with this simple and delicious tortilla recipe! Using the two different kinds of flour gives it a very full flavor that makes them tasty to eat by themselves too.

4 cups of flour total -- i like this spread:
2 cups millet or aramanth flour
2 cups spelt flour (or regular or whole wheat flour)
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp room temp butter (do not microwave if you can avoid it) or olive oil
1 1/2 cup warm water

Mix together the dry ingredients in a med-large bowl, being sure to break up any clumps and really blend the two flours. Add in butter or oil and the warm water. Try to get the water roughly to your body tempurature. Remember -- if it's too hot for you, it's too hot for whatever you're trying to activate in what you're cooking. Mix the dough into a ball and let it rest for about 5-10 minutes.

Break off bits of dough that roll into a ball of about 2" in diameter. Place on a floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin. Beware of rolling it too thin lest you make it difficult to peel off the surface and rip the tortilla dough.

Heating them: As much as i LOVE cast iron frying pans, i find teflon well-suited for this task. You want to place a single tortilla on an un-oiled pan at med-high heat. "How long should i cook it?" one might ask. It really depends on how crunchy you want them. If you are looking for a tender, pliable tortilla, heat it for about 30 seconds on each side. You can also really impress your friends by making tortilla chips and heating the tortilla for approximately a minute and a half on each side, and breaking them up afterwards. I like to mix it up a it and make some pliable and some chip-like. And let's face it -- it's hard to get them all exactly the same texture ANYWAY, so you might as well make it look intentional.