Indian Fry Bread

• 2 cups unsifted flour
• 2 rounded tsps. baking powder
• 1 tbsp. Sugar
• 1 tbsp. shortening
• 1-1/2 cups canned milk
• 1 tsp. salt

Mix all dry ingredients in bowl.  Add shortening and work with hands until crumbly.  Add milk and mix.  Turn out on floured board and knead lightly.  Avoid using too much flour.  Pinch off a ball of dough large enough to make a 9-inch cake.  Pat out with hands until dough is round and flat, about 1⁄4 inch thick.  Poke a hole in the middle, and fry in deep fat that is hot, but not smoking.  Turn only once, frying 1-1/2 minutes on each side.  Drain on paper towels.

Submitted by Roseanne Cockriel, Crew 867, Stillwater, OK.