I bought this recipe for a dollar off of a lovely Navajo woman on her reservation.
4 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups water, lukewarm
Mix dry ingredients together in large bowl. Cut shortning into dry ingredients. Mix well. Add water and mix with your hands until it forms a soft dough and does not stick to the bowl. Cover and let it stand. After thirty minutes kneed some more. If it's too sticky, use a little flour then form the dough into small balls about the size of a small peach.
Stretch and pat until dough is flat and round. Punch a little hole in the center of the dough piece. The shape should be a little smaller than the frying pan you are using for deep frying. If you cannot handle the dough with your hands, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out until round.
Heat 2 cups vegetable oil in a frying pan. This needs to be very hot. Oil should just start to smoke. Regulate at that temperature .
Place each piece of fry bread in the hot oil until brown on one side, then turn it over to fry the other side until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
