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Seneca fry bread · Family notebook · Printable
Seneca Fry Bread
Ingredients
- 3½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup margarine
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup milk
- Shortening for deep-frying
- Cinnamon-sugar topping (see companion recipe)
Notebook directions
- Combine flour, salt, powder and sugar (the directions say “powder”; the ingredient list says baking soda).
- Cut in margarine.
- Add eggs and milk and make dough.
- Knead dough until elastic and form balls.
- Cover and let rest 15 minutes.
- Roll each ball into a circle and deep-fry, then drain.
Notebook notes
Identified in the family notebook as Seneca fry bread. This is the family's recorded version, not a claim that all Seneca cooks use the same formula.
The notebook labels the topping “Glaze”; its separate directions describe a dry cinnamon-sugar sprinkle.
The written first step says “powder,” while the ingredient list specifies baking soda. This discrepancy is preserved rather than silently substituting baking powder.