I just want to share the recipes and the directions for the food that we prepared while we were camping. The two recipes here were prepared by my friend. I will do a second post for the other two meals which I prepared.
Day 1: Dutch Baby for supper
A Dutch Baby is an egg dish best described as a Dutch (or deutsch) pancake. It isn't a doughy pancake but a smooth pancake which is more egg like and less breadlike. It is perfect for breakfast or for supper which is when we had it.
Ingredients
1/2 cup self rising flour (or all purpose with about a tsp of baking soda which is what was used here)
1/2 cup sugar
Lemon zest
Pinch of salt
1 cup milk (we mixed powdered milk and water)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
First beat eggs and vanilla with a fork.
Next add all the other ingredients and mix well. Let sit 30 minutes to rest. This is important as it won't come out as well if the batter doesn't rest.
While the batter is resting prepare your dutch oven by placing one ring of hot coals (which have been started in a coal chimney) underneath, 1/4 stick of butter inside to melt and then the lid with two rings of coals on top. You want the oven to heat to about 450 degrees.
After the batter has rested it is ready to pour. Remove the lid from the Dutch oven and lift the pot to spread the butter across the bottom and up the sides. Then return to the coals and pour the batter in. Replace the lid and allow the batter to cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes remove half the coals from underneath and one ring from the top to reduce the heat. Do not remove the lid because the batter rises up the sides while baking and the draft will cause it to fall prematurely. Continue baking (about 350 degrees) for another 20 minutes. This is what it will look like. It was topped with a dollop of fresh cream butter which we made in a mason jar before supper.
Day 1: Dutch Baby for supper
A Dutch Baby is an egg dish best described as a Dutch (or deutsch) pancake. It isn't a doughy pancake but a smooth pancake which is more egg like and less breadlike. It is perfect for breakfast or for supper which is when we had it.
Ingredients
1/2 cup self rising flour (or all purpose with about a tsp of baking soda which is what was used here)
1/2 cup sugar
Lemon zest
Pinch of salt
1 cup milk (we mixed powdered milk and water)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
First beat eggs and vanilla with a fork.
Next add all the other ingredients and mix well. Let sit 30 minutes to rest. This is important as it won't come out as well if the batter doesn't rest.
While the batter is resting prepare your dutch oven by placing one ring of hot coals (which have been started in a coal chimney) underneath, 1/4 stick of butter inside to melt and then the lid with two rings of coals on top. You want the oven to heat to about 450 degrees.
After the batter has rested it is ready to pour. Remove the lid from the Dutch oven and lift the pot to spread the butter across the bottom and up the sides. Then return to the coals and pour the batter in. Replace the lid and allow the batter to cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes remove half the coals from underneath and one ring from the top to reduce the heat. Do not remove the lid because the batter rises up the sides while baking and the draft will cause it to fall prematurely. Continue baking (about 350 degrees) for another 20 minutes. This is what it will look like. It was topped with a dollop of fresh cream butter which we made in a mason jar before supper.
We had country ham browned in a cast iron skillet to go with it.
It was served with a dusting of powdered sugar and lemon slices. Squeeze the juice from the lemons on top for a wonderful bright zesty taste. Here is the meal ready to eat.
It was served with a dusting of powdered sugar and lemon slices. Squeeze the juice from the lemons on top for a wonderful bright zesty taste. Here is the meal ready to eat.
Day 3: breakfast of sausage gravy and biscuits
We chose the sausage gravy and biscuits for the last morning because it was quicker to prepare. She made the sausage gravy the night before and in the morning we reheated it as the biscuits baked in the Coleman camp oven. We used canned biscuits for ease of baking and clean up and we baked them on a sheet of foil. I also lined the skillet with foil for reheating the gravy so that when done it could be removed and the skillet didn't have to be washed. All we ended up washing was one spoon on the last morning since we used disposable plates and utensils.
To prepare the gravy, brown the sausage. Add flour to the browned meat and mix. Next she added broth for the liquid in the gravy which made it very tasty. (I usually use a mixture of milk and water when making sausage gravy)
We chose the sausage gravy and biscuits for the last morning because it was quicker to prepare. She made the sausage gravy the night before and in the morning we reheated it as the biscuits baked in the Coleman camp oven. We used canned biscuits for ease of baking and clean up and we baked them on a sheet of foil. I also lined the skillet with foil for reheating the gravy so that when done it could be removed and the skillet didn't have to be washed. All we ended up washing was one spoon on the last morning since we used disposable plates and utensils.
To prepare the gravy, brown the sausage. Add flour to the browned meat and mix. Next she added broth for the liquid in the gravy which made it very tasty. (I usually use a mixture of milk and water when making sausage gravy)
Here is the finished gravy.
Here are the biscuits baking in the oven.
Finished biscuits
Our breakfast was two open faced biscuits and gravy with grapefruit sections in juice.
I hope you give these recipes a try. They were very good and easy to prepare while we were camping.
Southern Wood Elf
I hope you give these recipes a try. They were very good and easy to prepare while we were camping.
Southern Wood Elf