Navajo bread

Ingredients for 15 servings:

• 440 g flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 tbsp fat (vegetable fat)
• 130 ml water
• 2 tbsp honey
• 500 g fat (vegetable fat), for frying
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg, grated
• Flour

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Then add the vegetable oil, water, and honey and knead the mixture with your hands for 5 minutes. Cover and let the dough rest for 5 minutes. Pour the vegetable oil into a deep fryer or a deep frying pan to deep fry; it should reach a height of about 3 cm in the pan. Heat the oil to 190°C. It is at the right temperature when bubbles rise from a wooden skewer inserted into the hot oil. Divide the dough into 15 pieces. With floured hands, form the pieces into balls. Flatten the balls with your hand to a height of just under 1 cm. Place no more than 4 pieces of dough into the hot oil at a time and fry for 2 minutes on each side until crispy and brown. Drain the Navajo bread pieces on kitchen paper. Mix the powdered sugar with the cinnamon and nutmeg, place it in a tea strainer, and dust the bread pieces with it.