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.

Great quality product, professional looking construction and quality aluminum material used. Tortillas comes out perfectly shaped and correct thickness all times. Packaged securely and nicely. Delivered on time as claimed.

works great, use plastic wrap or parchment paper between dough so it doesn't stick to aluminum. Easy to use, quick -- makes GREAT tortillas... if yours don't come out awesome it's the dough, not the press... they're thick and fabulous like the best homemade ones at the mexican restaraunt. I've made corn and flour... I am still figuring out the corn so it's not too dry. I wish they were bigger, but the size is great, just means I eat more of them ;) YUM! Made them for two fiestas, one with my mom and dad and another with friends, i suggest pairing with homemade margaritas! i.e. not out of the pre-mixed bottle. ;) And fresh guacamole. Delicious!

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 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

Summary: If your intention is to make flatbread this will do the trick. If you want light fluffy tortillas, you won't be as happy. The pros: 1. Much faster than a rolling pin 2. light weight 3. small 4. easy to clean 5. simple to use The cons: 1. uneven results, the dough is not the same thickness if pressed out to the advertised 6" diameter 2. To get even results the tortillas have to be made far too thick such that they don't bubble when baked. 3. Result is not comparable quality to using a rolling pin.

This is a great tortilla press for a great price. Works just fine. I saw some reviews that said the handle broke. I wonder how much force they are exerting because it doesn't take hardly any force to press down a corn tortilla to correct thickness. My daughter has one just like it for at least a year and uses it all the time and it's still good as new. Since hers worked so well I bought one just like it and I am equally as pleased. I highly recommend this one.

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.