Bannock Bread
Guy Radford December 15th, 2008
I love Bannock bread, it is a great way to have a sustaining tasty fresh bread whilst out and about. Traditionally bannock is cooked in a frying pan, but I was looking for an alternate way of cooking it, not for any reason other can an experiment. The idea came from a video I found on YouTube, where someone cooked pancake mix in a cup floating on water, which made a tasty little cake.
By doing this you don’t care what temperature the fire is, as you are only boiling water, which can be used to make a cuppa tea or cooled for you water bottle so it is not waisted.
I made the Bannock in the normal way:
3 units of plain flour
2 units of dried milk powder
1 teaspoon of baking power (only a pinch if making a small amount)
or
3 units self raising flour
2 unit dried milk power
Mixed up with water to make a dough, I used flour to stop it sticking, i patted it into a flat disc and put it in the top of my billy can.
Bannock Cooking in my billy can
I was using a Zebra billy with the bowl that fits into the top, this is great as the steam keeps it really hot but not burning.
You could use any heat proof container that floats or hangs on the side.
For this experiment I was using the aga(I know its cheating). I then put on the lid as walked away. I checked it and turned it a few times until it was light brown and cooked to perfection. It took about one and a half hours, but there was no burnt bits or wastage, it was all soft and fluffy and all edible.
This would only be a useful technique when sitting round the fire in the evening as it dose take a long time. but worth it!