{"id":10598,"date":"2013-06-04T23:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10598"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:06:24","slug":"chevys-famous-flour-tortillas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10598","title":{"rendered":"Chevy&#8217;s Famous Flour Tortillas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>6 C. All-Purpose Flour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>1 tsp. Baking Powder<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp. Salt<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd C. Crisco, cut into small pieces<\/p>\n<p>2 \u00bd C. Warm Water<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Place flour in the bowl of a mixer and add baking powder and salt, stirring to mix.\u00a0 Add shortening.\u00a0 Turn mixer on low and slowly pour in the water.\u00a0 Mix on low about 30 seconds, or until well blended.\u00a0 Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface.\u00a0 Divide into 2 equal portions. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Divide each half into 8 pieces.\u00a0 Lightly flour your work surface.\u00a0 With a rolling pin, roll each ball into an 8 inch round.\u00a0 Rotating the dough while you roll will help it spread out into a nice circle.\u00a0 Stack the rounds on a baking sheet with plastic wrap between each tortilla.\u00a0 Let the tortillas rest for 10 minutes.\u00a0 Heat griddle (375) or cast iron skillet over medium heat and lightly coat with vegetable oil cooking spray.\u00a0 Cook tortillas on each side for 1 minute, or until light brown spots begin to appear on the surface.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Chevy&#8217;s Tex Mex Cookbook<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yield:<\/p>\n<p>Calories:<\/p>\n<p>Fat:<\/p>\n<p>Fiber:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 C. All-Purpose Flour 1 tsp. Baking Powder \u00bd tsp. Salt \u00bd C. Crisco, cut into small pieces 2 \u00bd C. Warm Water &nbsp; Place flour in the bowl of a mixer and add baking powder and salt, stirring to mix.\u00a0 Add shortening.\u00a0 Turn mixer on low and slowly pour in the water.\u00a0 Mix on low about 30 seconds, or until well blended.\u00a0 Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface.\u00a0 Divide into 2 equal portions. Cover&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10598\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[106,134,25],"class_list":["post-10598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-condiments-extras","category-starches","tag-chevys","tag-copycat","tag-latin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40027,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10598\/revisions\/40027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}