Fry Bread
Traditional dish with flour, baking powder, shortening.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- advanced
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp shortening
- ⅔ cup hot water
Steps
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Use a pastry blender (or two butter knives) to cut the shortening into the flour.
- Add the hot water.
- Mix until the water is incorporated and you get a dough.
- Turn out the dough on a lightly floured board.
- Knead the dough until it is soft and smooth.
- Wrap the dough in plastic.
- Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 6 pieces.
- Roll each into a ball.
- Roll each into a flat disk with a rolling pin.
- Brush one side of each disk with melted margarine.
- Place on a barbecue over a 3 Mississippi fire.
- Brush the opposing side of the bread with margarine.
- Flip the bread on the barbecue.
- Cook until both sides are golden brown.
- Serve hot.
Adapted from “Fry Bread”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.