Apache Fry Bread
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
3 cups water
5 pounds lard
Chili powder, honey or powdered sugar, for garnish
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Slowly
add in the water, a little at a time, using a fork to blend until
the mixture forms into dough. Knead the dough until all the lumps
are gone about 5 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough
rest about 1 hour.
Meanwhile, melt the lard in a Dutch oven over high heat. When it
just begins to smoke, drop a small piece of dough into the oil. If
it quickly rises to the top, the oil is hot enough to begin frying.
Take a piece of dough and roll it into a golf ball-sized ball.
Stretch the dough into a disk-like shape as you would a pizza dough.
When you have a piece ready to go, carefully place the dough into
the oil and let it brown on 1 side about 1 1/2 minutes and then turn
it over to brown the other side for another 1 1/2 minutes. Remove
the fry bread from the oil and let it drain on paper towels until
cool. Enjoy fry bread by sprinkling it with chili, honey, or
powdered sugar.
