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!

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

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 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.

I got this 8" model, so I could make my tortillas a good size for tacos. The 6" ones are a little small for that. It could not be easier to use! Follow the instructions for making your dough, place between 2 sheets of plastic (a cut out gallon zip-lock bag is perfect), and place the ball slightly offset towards the hinge side. Close the press, fold the handle down, and press to be sure it's fully closed. That's it. If the dough sticks to your plastic sheet, it's too wet. If the tortillas come out a little too thick, they're probably too dry. Experiment, and you'll get your dough technique down. This thing doesn't even require cleanup, since the dough doesn't actually touch the press, but it's easy enough to wipe it off, because of its highly-polished finish. The price is awesome; it seems very sturdy, so I will probably never need another one.

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.