Freshly baked biscuits make any campground breakfast a wonderful family meal. Also, fresh horns add a delicious side to any lunch or dinner when camping. A campfire cook can easily cook fresh cornbread cookies on a campfire with a little planning and a few ingredients. By cooking corn and biscuits on the campfire, you and your family will all be able to enjoy delicious meals every time you go camping.
A few basic materials are needed to cook on a campfire. First you need a 12 inch by 18 inch galvanized steel plate. Then you will need a 9 inch cast iron skillet and a 12 inch cast iron skillet. You also need your biscuit or croissant mix, some butter and water. In addition to these you will need a bowl and a tinderbox. Finally, you need a leather-insulated ball and a good campfire that burns only hot coals.
Start with your snack or mix with water. Mix this with a fork in a bowl until it is the thickness of the dough. Then use 9 cups of hot butter. When this is done, use a fork to press the pieces of flour and put the pieces in a pan of 9 cm.
Next, you will lay a 12-inch by 18-inch piece of galvanized steel over the hot coals. Then place a 9-inch skillet over a galvanized steel plate. Now place the 12 inch pan upside down on top of the 9 inch pan completely covering the 9 inch pan.
Use a stick from nearby to pull the outer coals from under the sheet. Then use insulated gloves to collect the coals and place them on top of the twelve-inch kettle. The heat coming from the coals under the 9 inch boiler and above will be evenly distributed. The cakes or cornbread will cook in a 9-inch oven for about 30 to 45 minutes at a time, and should not burn due to the evenly distributed heat.
After 30 to 45 minutes, use leather gloves to remove the coals from the top of the 12-inch grill. Then use insulated leather gloves to remove the 12 inch boiler from the top of the 9 inch boiler. Now remove the pan from the 9-inch steel. Make sure to still use insulated gloves to avoid burning your hands. At this point your cornb bread or biscuits should be finished and ready to eat.
The next time you and your family go camping you won’t just have to eat dried or canned food. You can now enjoy the deliciousness of fresh toasts or corn cakes, because unlike the average camper, you know how to cook in the plains.
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Backwoodsman Magazine: Campfire Baking
