Pan Navajo (Navajo Fry Bread)

Ingredients

2 cups flour Cornmeal or flour

4 teaspoons baking powder Shortening

2/3 cup warm water, approximately

Directions

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add warm water to flour mixture and work into a smooth and elastic dough. Divide dough into balls of desired size.* On a board ligthtly dusted with cornmeal or flour, roll out each ball of dough into a 1/4-inch thick circle. Cut a hole in the center of each circle. Heat 2 inches of shortening in a heavy pan at medium-high heat. Fry the dough, one circle at a time, until golden on both sides, turning once. Drain on absorbent towels.

* For small servings, the ball of dough should be about the size of an egg. For larger servings, the ball of dough should be about the size of a lemon.

Yield: 6-8 servings