Fry Bread 2

Fry Bread

(Bessie k. Lemon)

(This recipe is taken from the “The Navajo Homemaker Cook Book”, published by the office of Navajo economic opportunity.)

Put four cups flour in a bowl.

Add 1 TB baking powder and 1 tsp salt.

Add 2 RB powdered milk

Mix altogether

Add one and ½ cups warm water and mix.

Mix it with your hand until soft.

Then, take a ball of soft dough.  Pat back and forth and pull until flat and round.

Melt 1 c. lard in pan. (usually use about 8 inch heavy black skillet and fry just one at a time).

Put bread in hot fat; turn until brown on both sides.

Note of interest: in the Northern Cheyenne tribe of eastern Montana, the women plke a hole in the bread just before frying it, so the evil spirits can escape.