Bannock

by Janet Forest
(Cumberland House, SK Canada)

Preheat oven to 375

To make the best bannock for any meal breakfast, lunch or supper even great for a snack when the kids are hungry and cannot wait for their meal.

You will need:

3 cups of flour or half and half whole wheat and white flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tbsp baking powder
half cup of oil, or olive oil
water or milk

1. Mix all dry ingredients into a big bowl
2. add water or milk
3. add remaining oil of your choice
4. Mix all ingredients together until the batter becomes like bread dough not sticky.
5. Put flour onto table surface then roll the dough with your fists for about 2 minutes, like making a bread dough
6. Pound the dough into a round ball then slowly expand the dough by making it nice and round about half inch lenght and should be round like a pie plate.
7. Make holes with a fork by poking it all around the dough from top to bottom
Then with you cookie sheet ready put the bannock onto cookie sheet and bake it until it becomes golden brown. Spread lard on the bannock when it comes out of the oven to keep it moist and Delicious. You will enjoy this bannock and do not worry if does not turn out well practice makes perfect. Hint: If you prefer your bannock to be thin or thick, make sure the length of is thicker say 1 inch and smaller in size. The thinner bannock dough would be about half inch and rounder more than a pie plate and do not forget the holes in your bannock.

Enjoy with real butter.

Optional:
1 cup of raisin into the dough and 3 tablespoons of sugar.