Jeff's Den

I made bannock once again this morning. It’s kind of one of those things that happens when I need something to tinker with but don’t have anything handy. The wife is out and off to work and I also need some food.

The recipe I use is for two people but you can just do some 3rd grade math and figure out the amount for one person(pictured is two person version).

Base = {

1 cup Flour   

1 teaspoon Baking Powder 

1 egg   

1/6 cup Sugar   - This is optional depending on what kind of bannock you are making.

Water - Add as much as it takes to mix in all the flour. Don’t add this until you’ve added all your other ingredients.

Salt - This depends on you. I never add salt to anything since there’s usually plenty enough in everything else I use.

}

For a sweet bannock: I usually add a pouch or two of some instant oatmeal that I have handy. Today I did it with a pouch of maple brown sugar with pecans from Quaker Oats (was on clearance at Target). It also never hurts to throw in some raisins or other dried fruits of your liking.

For a more lunch or dinner appropriate bannock: This would probably only make sense if you were on the trail but I’ve ate it at home before (once again, needed to tinker). One day I made some where I threw the last of an open package of turkey jerky I had, mixed in some no salt seasoning, added a little Worcestershire sauce, and some grated cheese. Good stuff (well, much better than it sounds… my wife, who things bannock is an over glorified pancake, said it just sound like a pancake with jerky in it…)

Actually cooking it:

So the best way I’ve heard to have bannock is cooked over an open fire out in the wild… I haven’t had a chance to do that yet. If ever I do I’ll post about it. I have tried it a couple of ways at home.

First would be to cook it a skillet on the stove top. If you do this make sure you use plenty of oil and you spread your dough thin so you don’t burn it trying to cook through all the way.

My favorite way (as of today) to cook the bannock would be to spread it out thin on a cookie sheet and bake it in the oven. Once again, make sure you use plenty of oil to coat your pan. I put the oven at about 375 degrees and stayed in the area and just kept an eye on it. It really takes no time at all for it to cook. When it looks about the consistency as my photo above then you’re probably good to go.

Thanks for reading!