This recipe originally calls for corn cooked in wood ashes (lime water) to remove the hulls—then ground into flour. Nowadays you can buy masa harina—the same thing. Results are more like a dumpling than bread.

Ingredients:

3 cups masa harina

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ cup bacon grease

1 cup cooked beans (pinto beans are traditional—others will work)

2 cups water the beans cooked in (bean pot liquor)

Dried cornhusks (or hickory leaves)

Mix masa harina and bacon grease together first. Then add other ingredients. Form into patties and wrap in cornhusks. Steam covered for 45 minutes/when cornhusk pulls away cleanly.

Can also be boiled. Minus the cornhusks, it can be baked or fried.

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Bannock Recipe

Used by Indians in Canada & American Backpackers

In 2-quart freezer bag

2 cups all-purpose flour

½-teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1-tablespoon sugar

¼ cup powdered milk

Cook that stuff!

1. Put 1 cup cold water in bag and mix thoroughly (shake, rattle, and roll).
2. Put into greased (buttered) skillet. Liquid margarine works great.
3. Cook until brown. You can turn it or hold the top next to a campfire to brown both sides. I always just browned one side.
4. Pig out – can be used for dessert with butter or strawberries. Without the margarine, it’s almost fat free.

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Bannock Recipe

Used by Indians in Canada and backpackers

In 2-quart freezer bag

2 cups all-purpose flour

½-teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1-tablespoon sugar

¼ cup powdered milk

Cook that stuff!

1. Put 1 cup cold water in bag and mix thoroughly (shake, rattle, and roll).
2. Put into greased (buttered) skillet. Liquid margarine works great.
3. Cook until brown. You can turn it or hold the top next to a campfire to brown both sides. I always just browned one side.
4. Pig out – can be used for dessert with butter or strawberries. Without the margarine, it’s almost fat free.
   

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Bannock Recipe

Used by Indians in Canada, unleavened bread, great for campfires

In 2-quart freezer bag

2 cups all-purpose flour

½-teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1-tablespoon sugar

¼ cup powdered milk

Cook that stuff!

1. Put 1 cup cold water in bag and mix thoroughly (shake, rattle, and roll).
2. Put into greased (buttered) skillet. Liquid margarine works great.
3. Cook until brown. You can turn it or hold the top next to a campfire to brown both sides. I always just browned one side.
4. Pig out – can be used for dessert with butter or strawberries. Without the margarine, it’s almost fat free.

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