Ingredients

• 3 cups sifted flour

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• water
• vegetable oil or lard (to fry in the pan)
• 1/4 cup of butter

Directions

• Mix half the flour with the remaining dry ingredients.
• Add water until the mixture becomes thick, “like a paper mache paste”.
• Add more flour until the dough feels like a soft earlobe.
• Heat the oil or lard over a medium-high heat until very hot, but not smoking.
• Break off small pieces of the dough and flatten each to the size of your palm, about 1/2-inch thick.
• Place the pieces in the hot oil, turn after about 3 minutes, or when golden brown.
• Place the bannock on a paper towel to soak up the excess grease.
• Serve plain or with jam.

That’s how you make bannock!