Bannock

There are hundreds of recipes for bannock. Here is basic one.

Bannock
1 cup white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder (always use good baking powder)
1/2 teaspoon salt

At Home: Mix ingredients together in a plastic bag.

In camp: add enough water to make a stiff dough (an egg and a little oil is optional). Knead quickly and form a one inch thick cake. Grease the fry pan. Brown the bottom of the cake. Then either move the pan up 12" from the fire, or tilt pan on edge in front of the fire, and let bake.

A good substitute is Bisquick doctored up with a little powdered milk and perhaps a little powdered egg.

To make coffee cake, cinnamon and sugar can be added to the flour mix. Wild raspberries or blueberries can be added if available.
     
Variations

There are lots of options with bannock. Start with the basic bannock and add any of the following. If it is a flour-like ingredient, substitute for an equal portion of one of the flours in the basic recipe.

1/2 t of cream of tartar
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. powdered milk
a little honey or molassess
3/4 c. walnuts, or dried fruit, or raisins, or dried cranberries
an egg or equivalent of powdered egg
1/2 c. corn meal
1/2 c. rolled oats
1/2c. oatmeal
1/2 c. any kind of flour you fancy

Making bannock is more of an art than a science.