Tortillas for pennies!!!!

I know that it is wonderful to be able to go to the store with our coupons and save a ton on things.  But there are also things that we can make at home that are great for us and save us a ton of money!

We love tortillas at our house, and go through quite a lot.  But they are so costly!  Generally I find that eight ten inch tortillas are up to $3.50, which in my mind makes it a delicacy.  I have threatened to learn to make them at home and today gave it a spin!  It was actually quite simple and didn't take very long.  I likely spent about an hour on the project, that includes the time that the dough had to rest before I started dividing it and rolling it out.  I bought a ten pound bag of flour for $4.60, not likely the best price I could have gotten, but I wanted to get a figure on how much this could cost me overall.  I made 45 six inch tortillas (I will try to make bigger ones later, but this was how it worked out this time).  Figuring in the six cups of flour I used, the one cup of shortening, the smidge of salt, and the two cups of warm water (okay that really cost me nothing), we did the math and figured out that it cost us about four cents for each tortilla!  Wow.  Compare that to the full price for a package of eight ten inch tortillas at 35 cents a tortilla!  I saved 31 cents a tortilla!  Times 35 (since they are different sizes, I adjusted - if I had made them ten inches I figure I could have made 35) that means I save $10.85!!!!  And we had fresh warm tortillas, and many put away!  I can easily see making these by the hundred or more and freezing them.  The recipe said that they will last about a week in a ziploc in the fridge, which is what I have done. 

To check out the blog where I got the recipe (with many other recipes there too!) go here: <a href="http://chickensintheroad.com/farm-bell-recipes/flour-tortillas-light-thin/">Chickens in the Road Tortillas</a>. 

Now of course I am imagining what it would have cost me if I had gotten my best savings on the flour and shortening - I bet I could get it down to just a penny or two!!!  Hee, hee!
Best wishes!