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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] fry bread
  • Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:56:05 -0800 (PST)


That sounds right Steve. I've watched them cooking it up and it sounds like
the way you are describing. And, I've always had it with the honey/butter
mixture , like you described. It isn't heart-healthy; but it is
tasty.....................

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--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Steve Oliphant <steveo AT crecon.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Oliphant <steveo AT crecon.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] fry bread
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 12:47 PM
> We love fry bread - for some reason we call it
> "scones". It is simply
> normal bread dough (simple whole wheat or white recipe -
> but no rise
> time) deep fat fried until brown.
>
> I am doing this from memory, and I usually just guestimate
> the amounts
> of salt, oil, etc. but the recipe is something like:
>
> Dough:
> 4 cups flour
> 1 tablespoon dry yeast
> 2 cups water (adjust to get proper dough texture)
> 1 tsp salt
> 1 tablespoon oil or butter
> 1-2 tablespoons sugar or honey (to feed the yeast
>
>
>
>
> 1. start vegetable oil (or good lard is even better)
> heating up. needs
> to be at least 350 degrees and enough to cover the fry
> bread. (we do
> it around 2 inches deep)
>
> 2. start the yeast and sugar in a cup of tepid water
> 3. mix the flower, salt, yeast, water, - get it to stiff
> dough
> (kneading) like consistency.
> 4. grab golf ball size to tennis ball size lumps of dough,
> flatten
> them out until about 1/4 inch thick, drop in hot grease,
> turn over
> when starting to brown. pull out when both sides are brown.
> (any size
> can and does get made - it just has to fit in the hot
> grease and be
> thin enough to cook)
>
> If it is too doughy even though the outside is golden brown
> - make it thinner.
>
> You can take that same dough and kneed it for 5 minutes or
> so and let
> it rise in warm spot for a few hours, then punch it down
> and kneed it
> again, and it should make a couple of loaves of bread
> (cooked at
> around 350 for about 55 minutes)
>
> Scones (Fry Bread) is lots quicker and more satisfying!
>
> Smother in honey/butter mixture and enjoy
>
> or put chili and other fixins over the top for navajo
> tacos.
>
> mmm - I think I will go make this tomorrow
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