Homemade Tortillas

4 and 1/2 cups flour
2 tbs. baking powder
1 tsp.salt to taste
3 tbs. solid vegetable shortening
1/2 cup lukewarm water

Put flour in a big glass bowl. Then add salt, baking powder, and the
vegetable shortening. Mix ingredients until the mixture looks like a rough
rock. Add water slowly, and knead until the dough looks like a smooth
ball. Cover with a towel and set aside for half an hour.

To make the tortillas, pinch out little balls of dough and put them on a
cutting board that has flour lightly sprinkled on it. Then get a rolling pin and
one ball of dough and roll it into a flat circle. Put the flat circles on a warm
griddle. You have to cook each side until it is golden brown. Now you
have flour tortillas!