gadu
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Frybread
Blackfeet Frybread
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 Tbsp. powdered milk
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 11/2 cups warm water
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly.
- Add water.
- Knead until soft, then set aside for one hour.
- Shape into small balls.
- Flatten each ball into a circle with a rolling pin or by hand.
- Fry in a skillet half-full of oil until golden brown on both sides.
Cherokee Frybread
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Mix ingredients adding more flour if necessary to make a stiff dough.
- Roll out the dough on a floured board till very thin.
- Cut into strips 2 X 3 inches and drop in hot cooking oil.
- Brown on both sides.
- Serve hot with honey.
Chickasaw Frybread
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup warm milk
Instructions
- Stir first three ingredients then stir in the beaten egg.
- Add milk to make the dough soft.
- Roll it out on a floured bread board, knead lightly.
- Roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut into strips 2 X 3 inches and slit the center.
- Drop into hot cooking oil and brown on both sides.
- Serve hot.
Old Fashioned Frybread
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tbsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup warm water
Instructions
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add in the shortening and water.
- Add only enough water to make the dough stick together.
- Knead dough until smooth, make into fist-sized balls.
- Cover them with a towel for 10 minutes then pat them out into circles about the size of a pancake.
- Fry in hot cooking oil in a cast iron skillet until brown on both sides.
- Drain on paper towels, serve with jam.
Pumpkin Fry Bread
What fun for fall! Originally said to be a Seminole treat, pumpkin fry bread has become popular
at Qualla (Cherokee). Here is an easy recipe using canned pumpkin, but you can substitute 2
cups of fresh pumpkin roasted with pumpkin pie spice for a really delicious treat!
Ingredients
- 15 oz Can Libbys Pumpkin Puree
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 cups all Purpose Flour
- 4 tsps baking Powder
- 1/2 cup water
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- In a mixer blend together the pumpkin puree, water, and sugar.
- Begin to stir in the flour, and baking powder, adding a little at a time.
- Continue to mix until dough forms.
- Then let the mixer run on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Dough will be sticky.
- Heat vegetable oil in frying pan to 350 degrees. It needs to be about 1 inch deep.
- Flour your hands and take a handful of dough.
- Flatten it into a patty about 1/4 inch thick by 4-5 inches in diameter.
- Carefully drop into hot oil and let fry until brown on one side.
- Flip over and brown other side.
- The bread will puff up and get crisp and chewy.
- Sprinkle with granulated sugar if desired.
Traditional Frybread
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. dry yeast
- 3 cups warm water
- 1 tbsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 6 cups flour
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water then add salt and sugar.
- Let stand for 5 minutes covered with a towel.
- Add flour and oil to the liquid mixture.
- Mix and put on a floured bread board and knead until mixture is smooth.
- Put dough in a greased bowl, cover with towel and let it rise for 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove from the bowl and put on a breadboard, knead in the 1/2 cornmeal.
- Make dough into 2 balls rolling each into 12 inch circles 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut into 2 inch squares and drop into hot cooking oil. (Works best with cast iron skillet.)
- Fry 5 to 6 pieces at a time for only a few moments.
- Drain on paper towel and sprinkle with white powdered sugar.
ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ – Gadu Uganasda – Bread Sweet (Cake)
Sausage Cake
Ingredients
- 1 pint black coffee
- 1 tbsp. soda
- 1 lb. fresh mild sausage
- 1 box raisins
- 1 cup English walnuts
- 1 box brown sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. all-spice
- 1 tsp.cloves
- 1 tsp. nutmeg.
- Enough flour to thicken.
Instructions
- Put sausage in pan to simmer until grease seeps out.
- Drain and add all the other ingredients.
- Bake 11/2 hours at 250 degrees.
Notes
Ann Calhoun
The Mocassin Shop