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Summary
While researching bannock (a pan-fried, biscuit- or scone-like quick bread), we came across a fantastic online resource called Bannock Awareness. Put together by Michael Blackstock of the Kamloops Forest Region, it describes a history of bannock within First Nations’ pre-contact culture, offering a different story than that which suggests bannock arrived exclusively with Scottish traders. Before wheat flour arrived, wild plants, corn, and nuts were ground into a sort of flour and then cooked in ways that could be considered an early form of the bread-like staple. Here we’ve provided two recipes for our favourite kinds of bannock. The first (our go-to while camping) comes from Greg Mazur and is more of a drop biscuit style. The second is a rolled version and comes from Doreen Crowe, a restaurant owner in the Alderville First Nation in Ontario. Our friend Chris went to her restaurant almost daily with his parents, and grew up with this bannock.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) white sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp (30 mL) unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup (60 to 125 mL) whole milk
- Oil, for frying
- For serving: Maple syrup, flaky sea salt
- 2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
- 2 1/2 tsp (12 mL) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
- 3/4 to 1 cup (185 to 250 mL) water, to start
Instructions
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Nutrition

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 494 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 14 g 21.22%
- Saturated Fat: 8 g 37.51%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 55 mg 18.22%
- Sodium: 1324 mg 55.17%
- Calcium: 225 mg 22.48%
- Potassium: 105 mg 3%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 18.51%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 81 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 10.05%
- Sugar: 16 g
- Protein: 11 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 7.85%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch5
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
- MyPlate - Grain Total5 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq