Homemade Corn Tortillas

To prevent the raw dough from sticking when pressing it into a round, I sandwich the ball of dough in between two sheets of stiff zip-top freezer bag. The plastic also serves as a handy device to flip the somewhat delicate tortilla onto your palm and then onto a hot pan. The plastic sheets can be washed and reused multiple times.

Corn tortillas are often made from fresh masa (available at some Latinx markets) made from corn that has been nixtamalized—treated with a base solution to