I use the Coleman Camp oven to bake outside. Its not a very big oven but it does a very nice job of baking when camping or if you just don't want to heat up the house. It will work over a propane stove or on a wood stove. Its very simple and folds flat for storage. Its a great little oven for a time when there may not be any electricity. Today I decided to make a pan of biscuits with lunch in the camp oven. I used it with a Coleman propane two burner stove.
Here is the oven. It needs to be brought up to temperature before placing the biscuits inside.
Here is the oven. It needs to be brought up to temperature before placing the biscuits inside.
Whether you're using your kitchen oven or a camping oven the procedure is still the same for biscuits with very little mess. I don't measure ingredients. I just do it by eye. I also use my hands but you can use a fork.
First put a few tablespoons of butter in a round baking pan and place it in the hot oven to melt.
First put a few tablespoons of butter in a round baking pan and place it in the hot oven to melt.
In the meantime fill a bowl with about 2 cups of self rising flour. Add in about a tablespoon of sugar and a teaspoon of salt. Stir those together.
Next add some butter or lard. I guess its about 1/3 cup. Work it in with your hand or a fork until It is incorporated and looks more like meal then flour.
Next add some butter or lard. I guess its about 1/3 cup. Work it in with your hand or a fork until It is incorporated and looks more like meal then flour.
Next I used dried milk. I mixed it up In a pint jar following the directions on the package which were three tablespoons to 1 cup warm water. I won't use that much milk though.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add part of the milk.
Then begin pulling the dry ingredients in and adding them to the milk. You should just combine them until you get a soft dough that barely sticks. If its too dry then add more milk. If its too sticky them add more flour. Knead it a couple of times to form a ball but be careful not to handle it too much which causes tough biscuits.
Then begin pulling the dry ingredients in and adding them to the milk. You should just combine them until you get a soft dough that barely sticks. If its too dry then add more milk. If its too sticky them add more flour. Knead it a couple of times to form a ball but be careful not to handle it too much which causes tough biscuits.
Next flour your hands and pick up the dough. Press and work it lightly in your hands to form one large round pancake the diameter of your pan. Remove the hot pan from the oven and lay the whole round of dough in the pan with the melted butter. Pat it out gently so that it is perfectly round and reaches the edges.
The butter should come up the edge of your one large biscuit and you can take a spoon or brush and use it to spread butter on top for golden brown biscuits.
Now, you notice you haven't dirtied a bunch of bowls or the counter but you haven't cut your biscuits yet. Take your empty pint jar and dip the rim in flour. Use It to cut one biscuit round right in the center of your pan.
Now take your spatula and cut a wagon wheel design around the center biscuit. Make your cuts from opposite sides so that you make evenly cut wedges like this.
The butter should come up the edge of your one large biscuit and you can take a spoon or brush and use it to spread butter on top for golden brown biscuits.
Now, you notice you haven't dirtied a bunch of bowls or the counter but you haven't cut your biscuits yet. Take your empty pint jar and dip the rim in flour. Use It to cut one biscuit round right in the center of your pan.
Now take your spatula and cut a wagon wheel design around the center biscuit. Make your cuts from opposite sides so that you make evenly cut wedges like this.
That's it. You just need to bake the biscuits in the oven and they come out like this already cut. Take them out and let them rest a minute or two then invert the pan over a plate to remove them.
Here are perfect biscuits to go with lunch. Minimal mess and fuss and just one bowl and pan to clean. These can also be made in a cast iron skillet or dutch oven.
Here are perfect biscuits to go with lunch. Minimal mess and fuss and just one bowl and pan to clean. These can also be made in a cast iron skillet or dutch oven.
Southern Wood Elf
*Note from Prepping Granny:
If using all purpose flour add 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder to the flour mixture. I make my biscuits this same way. :)
*Note from Prepping Granny:
If using all purpose flour add 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder to the flour mixture. I make my biscuits this same way. :)