Tortilla Chips

I am going to expand on the Tortilla blog post. Now I am going to see how they taste as tortilla chips! For the tortilla reciepe and directions go here to the tortilla post.

Recipe amendment and update: The original post states I am going to try to incorporate whole wheat flour to the recipe. I have and the measurements are, 1 3/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour and 1 cup white flour equaling the same flour amount. Everything else has not changed.

So once the tortillas are done I took 5 from the stack and cut them into 4 fat strips, from there I cut at angles to make the traditional triangle chip shape. Really very easy. Pre heat the oven to 350*.

Lay a single layer of "chips" on a baking sheet. I lined mine with parchment paper so that they won't stick to the surface. Sprinkle the chips lightly with salt, then stick in the oven on the middle rack for 5-10 minutes. My average time was around 8 minutes until they turned a golden brown.



The 5 tortillas yielded about 1 quart sized ziplock bag of chips, just to give you a rough estimate. If you have a party or a lot of eaters you may want to use the whole tortilla recipe which yields around 15-17 tortillas.

Here is a picture of the finished product, but it is hard to tell the volume of the chips.



I did read to freshen up the chips, place them in the microwave for a few seconds then allow them to cool to re-crispin. I am not sure why you would do this, maybe homemade chips go stale much faster? But if this happens I'll let you know.

Enjoy with your favorite salsa or the occasional splurge of guacamole (unless you live in the south and can grow Avocados... we in the north can not.)