Bannock Bread or Indian Fry Bread

Updated: September 3, 2020

Ingredients:

6 cups flour
3 Tbs. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups water

Heat oven to 350°

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add water, (if dough is too dry add more water). Knead until dough is not sticky. Grease a large baking pan, spread dough in pan and bake 35 minutes.

Serve hot with chokecherry jelly and thin sliced fried potatoes, beef from a roast, sliced thin before cooking and then fried. Peppermint tea or coffee is usually served with this meal.

This is a traditional meal for our people.

Earl Old Person, Chief
Chief of the Blackfeet Nation
Montana Celebrity Cookbook

Updated: September 3, 2020