Title: Blackfoot Fried Yeast Bread
Categories: Amerind Quick
Yield: 1 Servings

1	c	Lukewarm water
	pk	Active dry yeast
2	tb	Softened butter
1	tb	Sugar
1	ts	Salt
3	c	Unbleached flour
		Oil or shortening, for deep
		Frying

Place water in a mixing bowl, sprinkle yeast over water and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Add butter, sugar and 2 1/2 cups of flour. Knead, adding enough flour to form a stiff dough. Allow to rise for one hour. Place oil in a deep saucepan and heat to 350° F. Form dough into dicks 4-inches in diameter and about ¼ inch thick, and deep fry for about one minute per side, until golden brown. Makes 8 to 10 pieces.

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!

AboriganalTourism - Native Cuisine

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