Cymru Llewes > wrote:

> As one of my friends said, I'm a back to basics gal. I want to make my own
> tortilla but my family likes the larger ones. Anyone know of a tortilla
> press that is larger than 7inches in diameter? I've seen some on the web
> that are 10inches in diameter but they come with heating elements and cost
> $50 at the minimum without figuring in shipping.
> A friend of mine suggested that I use two cast iron pans. The problem
> with that is that all of my cast iron has the little lip around the outer
> edge on the bottom so that won't work.

It's been my experience that the "classic" tortilla presses work fine
with masa, but not so good with wheat dough. And you'll want to use
plastic wrap - otherwise the dough is likely to stick to the press. :-)