Bannock, Another Authentic Recipe

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 34 cup all-purpose white flour
• 1 cup wheat bran
• 34 cup wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 14 cup lard
• 1 12 cups buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons sorghum molasses
• 12 cup dried currant
• 12 cup dried cherries
• 12 dried shredded coconut
• 1 cup sunflower seeds or 1 cup pine nuts (pine nuts won't keep as well un-refrigerated.)

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Mix the first 7 ingredients.
3. Cut in the lard'til it's well blended.
4. Stir in the buttermilk, mix well.
5. Add remainder of ingredients, mix well.
6. You're looking for a firm dough that holds together well.
7. Add flour or buttermilk to achieve this result.
8. Divide in two, shape each half into a loaf two inches in diameter.
9. Bake'til golden brown, 30-35 minutes.
10. Cool, wrap in foil.
11. Will keep a week or 10 days on the trail, unrefrigerated.

whole wheat flour, allpurpose white flour, bran, germ, salt, baking soda, baking powder, lard, buttermilk, sorghum molasses, currant, cherries, coconut, sunflower seeds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bannock-another-authentic-recipe-108535 (may not work)