Campfire Recipes

[Pompeii]

Please reply to this thread to submit your Campfire recipes.

[wildflowerpa]

Take a piece of buttered heavy duty foil and slice potatoes and onions up in it. Salt and pepper to taste and whatever other spices you like. Fold down top and put in hot coals turning often til done. Be careful opening.

[Petee]

Mountain Pie Ideas:

I collected and am posting these from the Message Forum.  Some of them sound too good to lose!

 

Brown sugar cinnamon: brown sugar, cinnamon, a little butter.

Hot Dog and beans

Canned deer meat, with or without cheese.

Slice a marshmallow up in cherry pie filling.

Reuben mountain pie? Deli corned beef, sliced thin, kraut, swiss cheese, thousand island dressing.

Ham & cheese

Peanut butter and jelly.

Caramel apple pie:  Use crescent roll dough instead of bread

Put apple pie filling, cinnamon, brown sugar inside and a couple of caramels. Top with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

Pizza pie filling and spreadable cream cheese.

Leftover scrambled eggs, home fries, green peppers, onion, cheese, sausage or bacon

Peanut butter with chocolate pudding and an optional marshmallow.

 

TIP: Get the spray butter (I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is what we use) it works MUCH better than the messy sticks!

[Kristin5506]

Just a few weeks ago while my step dad was at fishing camp, I offered to take up some burgers and such..

I did and he put one in a mountain pie maker to cook it. Worked like a charm!!!

 

When I did mine, I threw some mushrooms and onions in with it...turned out wonderfully!!

[Guest snellma]

Take a piece of buttered heavy duty foil and slice potatoes and onions up in it. Salt and pepper to taste and whatever other spices you like. Fold down top and put in hot coals turning often til done. Be careful opening.

Just a few minutes before serving open carefully and add some mozzarella and/or cheddar cheese.  I make this at home in the oven all the time.

[justcurious]

I had mountain pies over the weekend.

 

Pizza with onions.

 

Peanut butter and banana.

 

Peanut butter and 2 marshmallows. (This one was really great!)

 

[new grandma]

Banana Cream Mountain Pie

 

layer bread, crushed graham crackers, sliced banana, mini marshmellows or cream, crushed graham crackers, bread.

 

you can also add a little chocolate if desired.

[new grandma]

BBQ Chicken Mountain Pies

 

bread, sliced cooked chicken, BBQ sauce, bacon, monteray jack cheese, bread.

 

 

We had these this weekend they were good I think next time I am going to use the oven roasted turkey breast sandwich meat.

[fairedust]

Dutch Oven Mississippi Mud Cake

Makes 10 servings

 

1 yellow cake mix ; prepared as directed

Topping:

10 ounces bag semisweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup chopped pecans

Powdered sugar

Mud:

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 cups brown sugar

2 cups hot water

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Line the bottom and sides of a 12

[fairedust]

Reuben Dip for Mountain Pies

 

 

 

    2 cups shredded swiss cheese                                    

    2 cups shredded cheddar cheese                                  

    8 ounces chopped fine corned beef (fresh from deli)            

    1 (18-ounce) can sauerkraut drained and rinsed                  

    1 cup mayonnaise or Thousand Island Dressing                    

                                          

 

Mix well in food processor

 

For Mountain Pies:

1 heaping tablespoon and extra thousand island dressing on rye bread

Or you can dip into thousand island after baked.

Makes 10 servings

 

 

[junk]

                     CAMP BREAD

 

1 cup flour

1/2 cup water

fat (for frying)

 

(1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder)*

(1/2 teaspoon salt)*

 

 

Mix water, flour, baking powder and salt together. Stir and kneed to form a dough free from lumps. Turn onto a lightly floured board and pat into a rough square about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch squares.

 

Melt fat (shortening, bacon fat, beef tallow, etc.) in a heavy skillet or Dutch oven. Be sure to use enough fat to give the bottom of the skillet a good coating. When a drop of water sizzles in the pan, place the dough squares into the fat. Cook the squares at a medium heat until lightly browned. Then turn over and cook the other side. Serve at once.

[mr.d]

Take a piece of buttered heavy duty foil and slice potatoes and onions up in it. Salt and pepper to taste and whatever other spices you like. Fold down top and put in hot coals turning often til done. Be careful opening.

When camping we make individual meals his way. We make a big hamburg patty,add some sliced potatoes,a big slice of onion,green pepper slices,celery, some times add some broccoli,butter,and salt and pepper.Some times add a little garlic salt too.Makes for a complete meal.

[bjdavis]

 

    Quoted from wildflowerpa

    Take a piece of buttered heavy duty foil and slice potatoes and onions up in it. Salt and pepper to taste and whatever other spices you like. Fold down top and put in hot coals turning often til done. Be careful opening.

 

 

When we maske this we either slice up some hot dogs or sausage and place in it.

[nails4u2c]

Campfire cooking can be downright civilized.

No matter how spectacular the scenery, meals around the campfire are often the highlight of the camper's day.

Modern camp stoves and specialized cookware make the cook's job easier, but nothing beats the taste and appeal of a meal cooked over the campfire. Success at campfire cooking will encourage you to go camping more often.
     
Caution and Respect

In days gone by, cooking over an open fire could be taken for granted. Today, with concerns about air quality, restricted areas for camping and dwindling firewood stocks in many campgrounds, the freedom to cook over an open fire is a privilege which requires the utmost in caution and respect. Here are a few important considerations:

Wood - -Campfire cooking requires a clean-burning, hot fire. This is only achieved with dry, seasoned wood. Stripping trees of green wood is fruitless - your fire will be smoky, will burn poorly and create unnecessary pollution. If dry wood is not available, it will need to be packed in. Many public campgrounds supply firewood - call ahead to see what's available.

Fire location - .Pay close attention to the ground before preparing any fire. In circumstances where building your fire on a rock is not possible, one should ensure that the base of the fire is on bare mineral soil. A fire that is burning all evening has lots of time to burn through the organic layer of the soil and will not be put out with a simple bucket of water. Use previously established fire pits if available, to avoid scarring the area with more fire pits.

Wind - .Any medium to strong wind is hazardous. The danger of sparks getting away can ignite a forest fire. Also, the coals will reduce more quickly and provide much less cooking time. If substantial wind shelter is unavailable, any outdoor fire is out of the question.

How to Build a Campfire for Cooking

The object is to have all the wood turn into coals at the same time. This gives an even fire with no flames reaching up to burn your food or blacken your cookware. It also yields the longest cooking time from the coals.

     Prepare the site

- Select a fire site at least 8' from bushes or any combustibles. Be sure no tree branches overhang the site.
- Make a U-shaped perimeter using large rocks or green logs. If using logs, they'll need to be wet down from time to time. If breezy, have back of firepit face the wind.
- Put a large flat rock at the rear of the firepit to act as a chimney. The "chimney rock" will help direct the smoke up and away.

Lay the kindling

- Fill the fire area with crumpled paper or tinder.
- Lay kindling over paper in layers, alternating direction with each layer. Use thin splits of wood or small dead branches. Do not put kindling down "teepee style". The whole fire area should be covered with the kindling stack.
- Set a bucket of water near the fire area. Light the paper to start your fire.



Build the fire, grade the coals

- When kindling is ablaze, add firewood. The wood should be all the same size, as much as possible. Use hardwood or hardwood branches if available. Distribute wood evenly over fire bed.
- As soon as the last flames die down leaving mostly white coals, use a stick to push the coals into a higher level at the back end and lower level at the front. This will give you the equivalent of 'Hi', 'Med' and 'Lo' cook settings. Or, level the coals to your preference.



To cook, set the grill on rocks or wetted green logs. Put food directly on grill or in cookware and prepare your meal. If cooking directly on the grill, a small spray bottle or squirt gun is handy for shooting down any rogue flames, usually caused by food drippings.
As the fire diminishes, bank the coals to get the most heat from them.

After cooking, add wood for your evening campfire. Before retiring, extinguish thoroughly and soak with water. Turn rocks in on fire bed. It will be easy to reassemble the next day if required.



Recipes for Campfire Cooking

Bannock

Simple to make, four basic ingredients, one bowl to wash. This kids' favorite is tasty, nutritious and fun to cook on a stick over the campfire. It can also be cooked in a skillet. Bannock can be a meal in itself.

Ingredients:
2 - 3 cups flour
1 - 2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (optional)
2 - 3 Tbsp oil, butter or lard
2/3 cup warm water

Directions: Put everything but the water in a bowl and mix with your fingers until crumbly. Slowly add water and mix until dough feels soft. It may seem that you don't have enough water, but keep working the dough till it holds together. Don't add more water!
Take a small handful and wrap around the end of a green stick, like a marshmallow roast. Knead it so it stays together. Cook over coals for about 10 - 12 minutes, rotating to cook evenly. Eat as is, or add a bit of jam or honey.

Shishkebab

Chop, skewer and cook.....couldn't be easier! Let the campers cook their own meals - it's a fun activity and much more nutritious than the standard wiener roast.

Ingredients:
beef or pork cut into 1" cubes
small whole onions
red or green peppers, whole mushrooms, whole cherry tomatoes

Directions: Brown the cubed meat in a skillet over high heat for 1/2 minute on each side. Cut the peppers in large chunks, leave the other vegetables whole. Slip the pieces onto a skewer, alternating the ingredients. (Skewer the onions and mushroms through the core, or they might fall off while cooking.) Cook over the open fire for 15-20 minutes till done. Sprinkle with grated cheese and breadcrumbs before serving.

Campfire Potatoes

This meal pretty much cooks itself - just leave it in the coals! Be sure to count how many potatoes you put in the fire, because the foil becomes covered with ash, and blends in well with the coals.

Ingredients:

large baking potatoes
whole onions, red or yellow
dill, parsley, bacon bits

Directions: Slice potato almost all the way through, but leave enough to hold it together. Slice the onion, and put one slice in between each potato slice. Sprinkle with bacon bits and a little dill. Wrap well with heavy aluminum foil and bury in the coals of the fire. Leave untouched for about 45 minutes, and test for doneness by piercing with a fork - the fork should lift out without lifting the potato. Cooking time depends on size of potatoes and strength of fire. Serve with pat of butter and a few sprigs of parsley.

[woodseya1]

Dutch Oven Cake

 

1 (18 1/2 ounce) box cake mix

2 cans pie filling

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Butter

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

 

Line Dutch oven with heavy foil shiny side up. Grease the foil. Put pie filling on foil. Dot with butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix cake as directed, omitting 1/2 cup water. Pour over pie filling. Place Dutch oven on a few hot coals and put a few on top of lid. Don't surround them with coals. Bake for 20 minutes.

[mr.d]

Campfire Brownies In An Orange
By Camping with Gus

At least 1 orange per camper (a few extras would be good for

[mr.d]

Get ready to celebrate National S'mores Day with these recipes for the summer favorite

TODAY

Aug. 7, 2014 at 4:46 PM ET

 

 

 

 

Grab some marshmallows and find a campfire

[mr.d]

Campfire biscuit s'mores take your s'more experience to the next level

 

TODAY FOOD AND WINE, SEPTEMBER 1,2015----Whether you're camping in the woods or in your backyard around the fire pit, nothing caps off a summer night like s'mores. Try these biscuit campfire s'mores from Food & Wine for a hearty, upgraded s'more experience.

SEE VIDEO;    http://www.today.com/food/campfire-biscuit-smores-take-your-smore-experience-next-level-t41696