Abstract: A holder for forming and cooking a tortilla into a pie shell. The holder includes nestable apertured pans which are initially vertically separated to receive a tortilla to be cooked. The holder is then dipped into hot oil and the pans moved towards each other to form the pliable tortilla into a pie shell shape. Thereafter, the holder remains within such frying pan until the tortilla is cooked to a firm consistency. The holder may also be utilized with regular pie crust dough rather than a tortilla.

Abstract: A holder for forming and cooking a tortilla within a frying pan. The holder includes an apertured plate of generally U-shaped transverse configuration upon the exterior surfaces of which is removably secured a tortilla by clips. A handle is rotatably connected to a cross-piece that connects the outer ends of the plate. The handle is rotated relative to the cross-piece so as to cause the clips to open and release a cooked tortilla.

Abstract: A holder for forming and cooking a tortilla within a frying pan. The holder includes an apertured plate of generally U-shaped transverse configuration upon the exterior surfaces of which is removably clipped a tortilla. A handle is slidably connected to a pair of bars that connect the outer ends of the plate. The handle slides relative to the bars when the plate is inverted during a tortilla cooking operation to clear the sides of the frying pan.