Recipe: Recipes (14) Fried Bread

Recipe(tried): Fry Bread (using frozen bread dough)
Posted By: Jo/Az
Date: March 21st 1998
In Reply to: ISO: Indian Fry Bread/Beaver Tails
Board: TKL Cooking Club

I occasionally run across Fry-Bread box mixes,
and somewhere I probably have recipes for it, too. I'll
look. Having raised a large family, I generally find the
quick-and-easy recipes.

You know that frozen bread dough in the grocer's
freezer? Buy the bread-dough rolls, thaw out the
dough. Then roll out the dough and cut an "X" through
the center with a knife (it'll close up when frying). Fry in
hot oil til lightly browned, and drain on paper. (I put
paper towels over newspapers.) Sprinkle with powder
sugar, or sugar & cinnamon. The Navaho also like to
put beans or refried beans on theirs. Eat like pizza or
roll up like a tortilla. Enjoy.
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Title: Fried Breads
Posted By: Joe Ames
Date: June 10th 1997
In Reply to: Help Looking for a recipe for Fried Bread
Board: TKL Cooking Club

NAVAJO FRIED BREAD
3 c. flour
3 tbsp. lard (or vegetable shortening
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. water
Measure dry ingredients into deep mixing bowl. Add
lard and knead with hands until lard is in small pea
size pieces. Add warm (not hot) water and knead with
hands until dough is smooth and does not stick to
sides of bowl. Knead at least 5 minutes. Cover with
dish towel. Place in warm place and let rest for not
less than 30 minutes. Melt enough lard in a heavy 9"
skillet so that there is about 1" liquid depth. Heat for
deep fat frying. A small piece of dough when dropped
in will rise immediately to surface. tear off a piece of
dough about 2/3 of a tennis ball. Pat and shape into a
six to eight inch diameter and 1/4" thick. Poke hole in
center with finger. Drop into hot fat, turning only once
so that each side is a light golden brown. Serve warm.
Sprinkle top with sugar, sugar and cinnamon, or
powdered sugar, if desired.
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LANGOS (FRIED BREAD)
3 c. flour
1 pkg. yeast
1 pinch salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 c. water
1 pat butter
Melt butter in saucepan, add water and heat through
until warm (105-115 degrees). Pour into large bowl.
Add yeast and sugar to bowl and let stand for a few
minutes for yeast to soften. Add 2 cups flour to bowl
and beat with electric mixer until well blended. Add the
rest of flour to bowl. Knead on a lightly floured surface
until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in
greased bowl, cover with damp paper towel and let rise
for 1 hour. Punch dough down and roll dough on floured
surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut as desired pieces
and fry in hot oil until slightly brown. Remove from oil
and place on several thicknesses of paper towels to
cool. Rub with fresh garlic before serving.
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NAVAJO FRIED BREAD
2 c. white flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. powdered milk
1/2 tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients together slowly. Add enough warm
water to form a soft sticky dough. Cover bowl and let
stand 1 hour. Then shape into balls (with floured
hands) and pat into circles 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick. Heat
1/2 inch oil in a heavy skillet. Fry until nicely browned.
Can be used as taco shells or little pizza shells. Serve
warm. Yield 12 (3 inch) breads.
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WINNEBAGO FRIED BREAD
5 lbs. flour
3 pkgs. yeast
4 c. warm water (more or less depending on
consistency of dough)
3/4 c. sugar
Mix together all ingredients and let rise once. After it
has risen, make into cakes and let rise again. Fry in
grease like doughnuts. Roll in sugar.
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INDIAN FRIED BREAD
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
Mix flour, salt and baking powder together. Add milk or
water and stir to make a stiff dough. Turn into
well-floured board and pat down to 1/2 inch thick. Cut
into squares with a slit down the middle. You can
make these any size you want. For Indian Tacos, you
get a ball and roll it out to about 7 or 8 inches. It
should be big enough to nearly cover a plate. Serve hot
with syrup, honey, etc. as a snack.
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INDIAN FRIED BREAD
4 c. white flour
2 tsp. salt
6 tsp. baking powder
1 lg. tbsp. shortening
Water (to make a med. stiff dough)
Mix together to make stiff dough. Make a ball almost 3
inches diameter and pull the ball into a 6-inch circle
with your fingers. Do not use a rolling pin. Slash one
side from the center out with a sharp knife in 5 places.
Heat 1 inch cooking oil in a skillet and when hot, drop
in bread. Brown on each side and drain. Serve hot.
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GRANDMA RUNNING CRANE'S FRIED BREAD
RECIPE

Dissolve 1 package yeast in 2 cups warm water; set
aside. Put about 3 sifters of flour (do not need to sift) in
deep round pan. Then push flour to outer edge of pan.
Next put 1 tablespoon salt or less in middle of pan that
has the flour in it. Add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 cup
powdered milk (1/2 cup of liquid), check this from
powdered milk box. Mix all 3 together and right in the
center, then mix in flour then slowly add yeast water
and start stirring the dry ingredients into it. After all is
mixed, knead right in bowl until firm, may have to add
more flour. Then take dough out of bowl and grease the
bowl. Then put kneaded dough back in bowl and let
rise. When dough is high above pan start to prepare
dough for deep fat frying. Pinch off a mound of dough,
flatten it in palm of hand. Next put a hole in center of
flatten dough and deep fat fry. When finished frying,
take out and butter the top of the bread. Ready to eat.
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SOPALPILLAS (FRIED BREAD)
4 c. flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 c. shortening
1 tbsp. salt
3/4-1 c. cold water
Mix all of the above and let rise for 1-2 hours. Cut
dough into two balls and roll out on a floured surface.
Cut into squares (not perfect squares) and deep fry in a
Fry Daddy or deep skillet until golden brown on both
sides. It should puff up like a soft pillow. Good luck
because I never measure and they always turn out!!
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GREAT GRANDMA'S FRIED BREAD
2 c. flour
2 rounded tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 lg. egg
1 c. milk
Mix together first four ingredients. Add egg and milk;
mix well and turn bowl while mixing. Turn dough out on
floured board. Roll dough out to 1/4" thickness. Cut
into rectangles. Preheat skillet with about 1/4" oil. Put
a few in pan and turn over and over until golden brown,
they will puff up. Drain on paper towel. Slit side open,
fill with butter or oleo and favorite jelly. Delicious for
breakfast in place of toast. Impossible to eat just one.
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FRIED NAVAJO INDIAN BREAD
4 c. sifted flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. dry milk
1 1/2 c. warm water (or instead 1/2 c. milk and 1 c.
water)
Mix all ingredients, cover with wet warm cloth, let rest
for 15 minutes. Pinch off pieces, about the size of a
tennis ball. Flatten by pulling like small pizza, fry in hot
oil, turn once, drain between paper towels, use for taco
meat and toppings, like creamed chicken or other. Can
be frozen after fried and reheated in skillet over medium
or low heat. Makes about 10-12.
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Recipe: Pizza Fritta (Italian Fried Bread)
Posted By: Joe Ames
Date: June 15th 1997
In Reply to: ISO: Italian fried bread
Board: TKL Cooking Club

GRANDMA VALENTI'S PIZZA FRITTA

1 or 2 lbs. bread dough (store or homemade)
Oil for deep frying (vegetable or corn)
Powdered sugar

Place dough in greased bowl, cover with towel. Let rise
in warm oven. Break dough in pieces, on a lightly
floured board shape and stretch dough out and form a
flat doughnut, about as big as a tablespoon. Fry in hot
oil. Turn doughnuts as they rise to surface. Fry to a
light brown on each side. Drain. While warm, roll
doughnuts in powdered sugar.
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PIZZA FRITTA
2 lbs. pizza dough
Peanut oil
After dough rises, roll out. Cut in any size's you prefer.
Put peanut oil into medium skillet. When oil is hot, put
pieces into hot oil, flame medium. Turn over. When
dough is brown, drain. Wonderful with just plain salt
OR sugar, open and put sausage or cold cuts.
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Indian Fry Bread

2 1/2 cups flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBSP vegetable shortening
1 cup milk
oil for deep frying

Mix together dry ingredients. Cut in shortening & then
add milk. Shape dough into a long cylinder & cut into 8
equal parts. Form into 8 pieces of dough shaped like 6
inch tortillas. Fry in oil until golden brown.

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