Mix the dry ingredients with the butter

• In a glass bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder and butter.
• Using both hands, combine everything until the mixture feels like sand.

Add the water and knead

• Slowly add the hot water while mixing.
• Keep kneading until the dough is smooth.

Rest the dough

• Cover the dough and let it rest.

Shape the dough balls

• Shape the dough into a ball and squeeze out small pieces, tucking in the dough.
• This makes 14 to 16 tortillas depending on the size you want.

Rest the shaped dough

• Cover the dough balls and let them rest.

Heat the comal

• Turn on the comal to medium-high and make sure it is nice and hot.

Roll out the tortillas

• Sprinkle flour on a clean surface.
• Roll each dough ball, making sure both sides have flour for easy rolling.
• Gently stretch out the tortilla.

Cook the tortillas

• Place the tortilla in the hot comal.
• When bubbles appear on top, flip it, repeating three times.

Keep them warm

• Place the cooked tortillas in a tortilla warmer or tortilla cloth.