Norpro 6" tortilla maker

I've never made tortillas in my life. I was watching a You Tube video of some women in Mexico making homemade tortillas and they were using a press just like this one. That's all it took for me to want to try since I love Mexican food so much. I bought a bag of "Maseca" (maize corn flour) at the International Market, but I've seen it for sale in the Mexican food section of regular grocery stores. I mixed it up according to the directions (VERY easy) and my first try was a miss. I tried using wax paper and the tortilla wouldn't let go of it. I cut up a ziploc bag and used it for the bottom and top and pressed another tortilla out. It was WAY too big and squished out the sides of the press. The only problem I had was getting the dough ball the right size. I found that using a ping-pong ball size of dough worked best and learned not to press the tortilla press all the way down. I would lift it up and look at the tortilla in progress of being pressed and could easily re-adjust where it was lying by sliding the plastic around. If it was off center I could re-position it and continue to make a pretty nice tortilla. I fried mine in a cast-iron skillet but would like to get a griddle so I can cook more than one at a time. This press works great. The tortillas aren't very big and I'm going to try another brand of maize flour, but it was fun and I will be using this again many times. The press is super easy to clean under running water and a little soap. I lay it open on it's side until dry and put it back in the box it came it.

Love it. Got in 2018 and I use it allot. Press tortillas, and even hamburgers. Works great and durable

This is our first tortilla maker and we couldn't be happier with it. It is simple to use, but we had to make some adjustments to fix some of its issues: 1. Need to use wax paper for both sides, otherwise the dough will stick to the flat sides; 2. First press does not thin out the tortilla and because of the lever position the tortilla is not of even thickness. The fix: turn the tortilla 90degress and press. Okay, may loose your perfect roundness, but it made the tortilla thinner and more even for cooking 3. Definately place the press over a kitch towel to avoid scratching your surface. 4. Yes, the tortilla seems smaller than the 6 inch press, but hey, we are good with the smaller portion control! We all need it, even if we think otherwise! We use Bob's red mill Masa Harina, and it was delicious!!! So much tasier than the store purchase amount. We made what we were going to eat, no leftovers, no waste as we don't eat tortilla that regularly. And we know what was in the tortilla and not all the preservatives! we purchased a red ceramic tortilla warmer, which we warmed up on the oven whilst we prepared the filler: the tortilla warmer kept the tortilla warm for over an hour!! (we didn't want a plastic one in case there is any health issues associated with heat and plastic!)

This is a great tortilla press, well build and gets the job done. Buy corn masa (MASECA is widely available in USA) then read instructions on the side of the package. Important tip: You need to line the tortilla press with 2 sheets of plastic (I use a grocery store bag) one at top one at the bottom, then place the ball of masa between the 2 sheets of plastic and press, if you do not use the plastic sheet then the masa will stick to the press. Watch the video.

I love fresh homemade tortillas, so I decided to buy this to save some time. I read some other reviews saying that there is too large of a gap at one end, but I bought it anyways. They were right though. The hinged end has a 0.5 mm or so gap, where the handle end will press until the top and bottom plates touch. What this means is you can only thin your tortillas so much before there is a noticeable taper. I like my corn tortillas about this thick, so I still get some use out of it. Flour however, still needs to be rolled out the old fashion way. All that being said, the devise is well made and is easy to use.

When it arrived, the package weighed so little, I thought it was empty. Small and lightweight, easy to store and use. I use it about once a week. I'm a beginner but I know how to make a very soft, pliable corn dough. This little press is more than adequate. I use 1 1/2 oz dough balls, made with just masa, water and salt... and with only slight pressure they spread out to the 6 inch diameter, at about 1/8 inch thick. There's a trick to getting these to puff up like a balloon... First you need a wet (slightly sticky) dough and a hot griddle. None of my electrics will get to 500 F. That's what you need. (I use cast iron pan over a flame, and a non-contact laser thermometer.) Seal one side for a minute, flip it and seal the other side for a minute. It's now air-tight. There's still water between the the two sides. This water can steam, and inflate the tortilla. Flip it, wait three seconds, and then press hard in the center of the tortilla with the heel of a spatula, or a folded up paper napkin. Keep the pressure on for a moment, until the edges inflate. Then release it and the whole thing blows up like a balloon.

i wish i had taken a pic before tossing it, made uneven anything because it wasn't flat and they took a grinder or something to level the high spots i bought this years ago and didnt use it, recently got back into making tortillas (corn) and i snapped the handle off about 20 presses in last week it literally bothered me enough to find this POS and leave a review

I purchased this tortilla press because I wanted to make pupusas (El Salvadoran stuffed tortillas) with it. My workplace has a cafeteria and many people who work there are from other countries. One day they served pupusas in the cafeteria and I loved them so much I wanted to learn to make them at home. After researching the internet, I found several websites with pupusa recipes and videos showing how to make them. However, I had a hard time duplicating the ones that I had eaten at work when I made them using my hands. Since receiving the tortilla press, it is much easier to create pupusas like the ones I ate at work. Using wax paper to line the press creates great results with little mess to clean up.