In addition to making homemade refried beans, I recently started making homemade tortillas. Store bought tortillas are pretty nasty, unless you get those made by local tortilla companies, which we have here. They’re also a lot more expensive than homemade. Granted they’re not wallet breakers, but I try to find cheaper alternatives for most everything because I’d rather have a dollar in my pocket than give it to a huge grocery store chain.
Still, homemade tortillas are tasty and rather fun to make.
All you need is a recipe, a few ingredients, a rolling pin (unless you can figure out how to stretch them by hand), and a frying pan or griddle.
Mix the ingredients and then divide the dough into balls slightly larger than golf balls, but smaller than tennis balls. Let the dough balls sit a few minutes and then roll them out and put onto a hot pan or griddle (try medium to medium-high). After bubbles form on one side, flip it over to cook on the other side. Slather in butter and eat.
You may want them smaller or larger, thicker or thinner, but this is a starting point.
You can also make them really thick, about ¼ inch, and fry it in butter or oil for a totally different taste feast.