2 cups Flour (sometimes I use half whole wheat flour, half white flour)

4 teaspoons Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon Sugar

Enough warm water to make a soft dough

1 cup Vegetable Oil, for frying

In medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.

Using a fork, stir in enough warm water to make a soft dough; start with about a 1/2 cup of water, stir, add a bit of water, stir.

Continue adding water a little at a time until you achieve the right consistency.

Heat about 1 cup of vegetable oil over high heat; drop a bit of dough in the hot oil, if it sizzles and floats to the top of the oil, it is ready to go.

While the oil is heating you can start forming your bannock; you can cook up to four bannock in the pan at one time.

Using a fork, scoop out about 1/4 cup of dough and drop it into a mound of flour.

With lightly floured hands, pick it up and gently toss it between your hands to lightly coat with flour and start shaping.

Place the dough on a very lightly floured surface and gently flatten to about 1/4inch thick.

Carefully place in hot oil, cook until golden.

 Flip and cook for another minute.

Remove from oil to paper towel lined platter.

Continue this procedure with the remaining dough.

When you are first starting to make Bannock, I recommend you have a partner in crime to give you a hand; one person can form the bannock and the other person can cook it. Heaps less stressful!

Enjoy your bannock!

Oh, and there are a gazillion and nine Bannock recipes and methods of cooking bannock…this is just how I was taught to make it.

PS…making Bannock is messy work! But well worth it!