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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Cherokee Fry Bread

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Ingredients
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water

Directions:
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add warm water in small amounts and knead dough until soft but not sticky. Adjust flour or water as needed. Cover bowl and let stand about 15 minutes.

Pull off large egg-sized balls of dough and roll out into fairly thin rounds. Fry rounds in hot oil until bubbles appear on the dough, turn over and fry on the other side until golden.

Serve hot. Try brushing on honey, or making into an Indian Taco.

Alternative:
Buttermilk Fry Bread
Substitute buttermilk for water. Follow the same recipe.

From: blue_panther@otelco.net