Making Fry Bread

Fry bread is a favourite treat in many Maori feasts and special occasions and today we decided to make some at Uxbridge.

Making fry bread uses yeast and so is a process of several steps. 

Our first step was to combine yeast, flour, water, sugar and milk to make the starter called the sponge. We had great fun measuring each of the ingredients. 

The sponge had to rest for the yeast to activate. we would know this was done when it went frothy. Usually it takes about 15 minutes but today because it was so chilly it took 40! Waiting was hard and we kept checking to see if our mixture was starting to froth. Finally it was ready to go. 

Then it was time to add some flour and some oil.

Then we had to stir and stir to get the ingredients to combine. After this we had to be patient  again while the dough rose for a second time. The it was time to cook and eat our bread. 

Everybody was keen to give it a try even though it was new for some of us. It was delicious!!