2 cups flour (I use whole wheat most of the time)
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup powdered milk
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp lard, shortening or cooking oil (lard is best)
1/2 cup dried cranberries or blueberries, raisins, etc.
Mix all the dry ingredients minus the berries then cut in the lard or cooking oil to form fine crumbs. Mix in the berries then add 1/4 cup at a time of room temperature water and knead to form a slightly sticky dough.
Let the dough rest for a few minutes before cooking.
I like to pre-mix the dry ingredients, cut in the lard, add the berries, then place portion amounts in zip-lock freezer bags inside a heavier bag to take on the trail. Then all I have to do is mix in the water and cook it. It's easy to knead it in the bag and that way you don't get your hands all covered with dough.
There are several ways it can be cooked.
It can be fried on both sides in a couple of tbsps of hot oil or lard. Or you can fry it over a fire until golden brown on the bottom side, then remove it from the fire, tip the pan toward the fire on a rock or other handy item close enough to the fire so that the top browns.
It can also be baked in a 350 degree oven until golden brown on top and it passes the toothpick test.
You can also wrap it around a green stick and cook it over an open fire. Nothing to clean up then.
In my opinion it tastes best fried in a cast iron skillet over an open fire.
NOTE: If you plan on wrapping it around a stick and cooking it over a fire, make the dough stiff enough that it doesn't fall off. Just use less water or add a bit more flour if you have to.
