My personal recipe. It's great. When I was a little girl, my mother would give us an economical meal. There were a total of 11 of us, so she had to think of a way to feed us. She had to be creative. The following recipe is one of my favorites, I still use it with my family, and they love it.
Ingredients:
Flour
Water (preferably warm water)
Baking Powder
Salt
Canola Oil or Vegetable Cooking Oil
Margarine or Butter
Supplies:
Roller Pin
A Clean surface to roll your gorditas
A hot griddle to cook your gorditas
You get 2 cups of flour, the more flour, (the more flour you add, you need to increase your dry ingredients. Maybe 1/2 of teaspoon of both if you use more flour)
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of Baking Powder
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of salt
Mix all dry ingredients well.
Then, gradually add your warm water to it
Keep mixing it.
Then once you mix it well, you then start gradually using little amounts of cooking oil,
This will make your flour more flexible to work with, and it won't stick so much on your hands
or roller pin. Remember use a very clean area to work your dough and make your gorditas.
Once, your dough is smooth and does not stick on your hands or on the roller pin.
You are ready to make your gorditas.
You then add a little bit of flour on the surface you plan to roll down your dough., Spread
the flour in the area, where you plan to work with the dough, not too much flour, that's not good. Make your balls of flour the size of a two baseballs, I had to describe it, much easier that way. Now start with your pin by rolling the dough and working it so it is about 6 inches wide all around, and about 1/2 and inch all around, Once you are done, place it on the griddle,
The griddle should be on medium heat. You place your gordita on the griddle, and right away turn it on it's other side, let it cook very well, toast it or brown it, then turn the other side, cook it well, then take it out. You now have your gordita done. Next, you place it on the plate. You cut the gordita by slicing it in little squares but not all the way, just the top, then you add your favorite topping. We use margarine, and spread it on the gordita, then we add refried beans, or we can add chicken or chili con carne, fresh beans with chili sauce, whatever you like. You eat it with a fork and a knife. It is real good. Try it, see if you like it. Do you have a recipe you want to share, please email me. Thank you.
