Homemade Corn Tortillas

I wanted a quick lunch today, and decided to make cheese and green chili quesadillas with homemade corn tortillas.

Ingredients:

•  1.5 cups of masa harina (corn flour)
• .5 cups of all purpose flour
• .5 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 to 1.75 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Instructions:

1. Plug in and preheat with the grids of the tortilla press with the lid the open position. The light will go on to show preheating.
   
   
   
   (Thanks to my mom for the tortilla press!)
2. After about 8-10 minutes indicator light will go OFF, and the press is ready.
3. Mix flours, salt, water, and oil in food processor to make wet dough.
   (It will feel somewhat like wet Playdough, and will mostly hold together.)
4. Shape the dough into about 8 balls about 2 inches in diameter, flatten by hand into a disk.
5. Place the  dough just rear of center, closer to the hinge.
6. Use small ear handles to gently press dough, gradually flattening the dough patty.
7. Release, and open lid.
8. Repeat a couple of times if needed, each press should only be less than a second so steam can escape.
9. For corn tortillas, after pressing out tortilla bake with lid open. After 30 seconds or so, flip tortilla to bake other side.
10. Repeat for additional tortillas.

Carole's Notes:

We liked these! My first batch was made without instructions, and most of them turned out fine! (A couple blew out...)
I did not let them rest for 30 minutes before pressing. My recipe also uses a bit extra water.

We added grated cheese, diced onions, and some green chilis to grilled them on another pan to quesadillas out of them.

Tortilla press instructions and other recipes on  http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i3d/01/A/man-migrate/MANUAL000046402.pdf