We all know that camping and S’Mores go hand in hand, there have been some exotic spins to the original recipe, adding apples and caramel, or peanut butter some *gasps in horror* have fashioned the recipe to be less-messy. LESS-MESSY? It’s not a S’More without the goo in my humble opinion.
I hope you will try the Bread-n-Can and Biscuits on a Stick this camping trip as well. See, vegetarians know how to have fun too!
Bread-n-Can
This is very good. And like all camping dishes it should be easy and fun to make.
Before Camping Prep:
If you have a bread machine you can make your own favourite dough recipe using the dough cycle and refrigerate before camping. Otherwise you can buy refrigerated bread or pizza dough from most grocery stores.
Ingredients:
1 pound bread dough
Margarine
1 small clean, empty coffee can, no lid
1 large clean, empty coffee can, no lid
Foil
Wise Idea:
Check to make sure that the small coffee can fits inside the large one easily.
Preparation:
After breakfast, when the fire has burned down to coals, coat the inside of the small coffee can with margarine, and put the dough into it. Cover with foil and set in a warm spot near the fire. Allow to rise until approximately doubled in volume (about 30 minutes). Discard foil cover. Line the bottom of the large can with about one inch of small stones to keep the bread from burning on the bottom. Set the small can inside the large one, making sure the sides don't touch, {this is where the wise idea came in handy!} and then insert the large can into the coals, burying about two inches of the bottom. Cover the top with foil and poke a few holes to allow air. Check by lifting foil in about twenty to thirty minutes. Bread is done when brown on top.
Servings: Approximately 4
Biscuits-on-a-Stick
A few years ago a fellow camper pulled a can of biscuits out of his cooler one cold camping morning and introduced us to this great and simple culinary breakfast miracle. A can of buttermilk biscuits has been a staple in my cooler ever since.
Ingredients:
1 can biscuits
Squeeze butter substitute
1 stick
Preparation:
Roll out a biscuit with your hands so that it becomes elongated and about one inch thick at the center. {Shape of a small thick hot dog bun} Wrap it tightly around the end of your stick and pinching it as you go to insure that it stays on the stick while cooking. When done wrapping, the biscuit should take up about six inches of the stick. Heat over the campfire until golden brown. Pull it off the stick, pour butter down the hole left by the stick, and enjoy.
Variation:
Pour butter around the outside of the biscuit and sprinkle sugar on it, then pour your favourite jelly inside. It is very messy, but very good.
Servings: Approximately 2 - 5
S’Mores
You can add all sorts of yummy stuff with the chocolate: caramel spread, nuts, peanut butter or try coloured marshmallows.Ingredients:
Graham crackers
Chocolate bars
Marshmallows
Foil
Preparation:
Shape some tin foil into a small pot-like shape and break up small chocolate bars into it or use up those old Easter bunnies from the freezer. Melt the chocolate and set on the cooler side of the fire. Have a bunch of graham crackers ready. Roast marshmallows over the fire. Cover one side of a graham cracker with melted chocolate then top with a roasted marshmallow and top with another graham cracker. Sit back and enjoy. Then ask for "S’More." I couldn’t resist!
Servings: as needed
~Rosemary Peters~
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You can add all sorts of yummy stuff with the chocolate: caramel spread, nuts, peanut butter or try coloured marshmallows.