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Title: Cree Fried Bread
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

      5 c  all purpose flour
     10 ts baking powder
      4 tb sugar
    1/2 ts salt
      2 tb vegetable oil
      2    eggs, beaten
      2 c  water

Instructions

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In a separate
bowl, combine vegetable oil, eggs and water. Make a well in centre
of flour mixture and stir in liquid, mixing it well. Put a clean
towel over the bowl and let stand for 3 1/2 hours. Knead dough for
about 3 minutes. Turn out onto a floured surface and roll out to 4
inch thickness. Cut pieces in triangular shapes and fry in hot fat
until golden brown.

Fried bread, native fast food, is one of the most popular and
widespread of native foods served at pow wows, Indian cowboy rodeos,
festivals and family ggatherings. There are two basic recipes: one
is a yeast-leavened bread dough, and the other is a quicker baking
powder version. Fry bread is served with honey or powered sugar,
chokecherry and saskatoonberry gravy or sauce. Sometimes fresh
sasktoons are mixed into the raw dough. American natives in the south
are known to chop onions and chilies into the dough.

A basket of fried bread and bannock placed in the middle of the dinner
table at the Pitaa Native Dinner Show quickly disappears. Enjoy!

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