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August 12, 2011Gluten Free Friday: Tortillas Take 2
Gluten Free Recipe
Hubs requested Mexican for his birthday–which means home burrito bar. Which means, obviously flour tortillas, which are a no no. I had tried this recipe for tortillas from Gluten Free Cooking School, which had a lovely flavor but kind of tore apart on me, and required a LOT more rice flour than I liked to actually roll out. Since then, I made the discovery of tortilla presses (thank you Food Network and Guy Fieri for giving me the idea). I promptly ordered one for this dinner. I did a bit more research and came across this recipe from I Am Gluten Free, which actually used some olive oil (GFCS did not) and decided to try it. The flavor was marvelous…
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