Homemade Flour Tortillas

I got this recipe from the Our Best Bites cookbook. I am pretty sure that these were easy enough and good enough that I'll have hard time buying store-bough tortillas again. 

2 1/2 cups flour
3/4-1 cup very hot water
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 cup shortening

 In a bowl of heavy-duty mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the flour and salt.  Add the shortening and combine until crumbly.

With the mixer running slowly add 3/4 cup of hot water.  Mix until the dough starts to come together, adding more water if necessary; the dough should be the consistency of Play-Doh.

Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat.  While the pan is heating, divide dough evenly into 8-10 balls ( I did 14 because I wanted fajita-sized tortillas.)  Roll the balls as thinly as possible into circles. (Mine were weird shaped, but still tasted good.)

Place a raw tortilla onto the hot skillet and cook until large bubbles appear and the tortilla looks slightly oily, about 1 minute.  Flip and cook another 30 seconds to a minute or until tortilla is cooked through but not brown or burned.  Repeat with remaining tortillas, keeping the cooked tortillas under a clean kitchen towel.  Serve immediately if possible.

1 tortilla (when making 14 small ones) is 3 points+.