Campfire Bread on a Stick Recipe (2024)

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One of life's greatest simple pleasures... Fluffy, delicious bread baked over a campfire. This no knead bread on a stick is so fun to make, and even more to eat!

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The Tradition of Bread on a Stick

Making bread over a campfire is one of the rites of passage that everyone should experience. Scouts and forest school children are often taught how to make stickbread. It's a great way to learn about outdoor skills, and a great reward to enjoy! In England bread cooked on a stick is known as damper. In Denmark Snobrød is associated with the concept of hygge - a feeling of coziness, contentment and everyday togetherness. It really is such a good feeling to enjoy fresh bread you have made yourself whilst enjoying the beauty and power of nature! And it's a great activity for everyone to enjoy together. Food for the soul!

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How to make the dough

The dough is a yeast based dough, so this recipe requires a little patience - but good things come to those that wait! You can make the dough first, and then start gathering wood for your campfire. By the time the you have a campfire with good embers to cook over, your dough will have risen.

The mix is really easy, just combine flour, yeast, sugar, water, oil and salt. There's no need to knead it, just mix until combined. Our recipe uses cups so it's easy for you to measure when you are out camping. No scales needed!

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Choosing your stickbread sticks

The best sticks for cooking over a campfire are long enough that you can hold them a comforatble distance from the fire. Around 1.5m is good. You can also prop them up using a rock for easier cooking.

Freshly cut greenwood is good because it's moister and won't burn so easily. Strip the bark using a sharp knife, pointed away from you. This is always a good task to give to a child keen to work on their whittling skills!

As the wood comes into contact with food, it's a good idea to choose a stick from a non poisonous tree species. Try fruit woods e.g. Apple, Pear, Plum, or Beech, Oak, Sycamore. "Dogwood, ash, maple and elm make good marshmallow sticks; safe but plain" Paul Hetzler on Choosing the Right Stick For Marshmallows.

We like to put our stick in the flame for a bit to sterilise it, and preheat it a little.

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Cooking your bread on a stick

Once you've got your sticks, dough and fire ready... Empty the dough from the bowl onto a well floured board. Using floured hands, knock the air out out of it, and bring it into a ball, and divide into the number of bread on a sticks that you want to make. 8 is a good number for this amount of dough.

Stretch out your divided pieces of dough, and then gently roll into long sausage shapes.

Twist around your the end of your sticks, and pinch the end together to secure the strip if necessary.

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The best part of the fire to cook over is hot embers. Flames are tempting, but often too hot and likely to burn. You want a nice even heat so your bread is light and fluffy on the inside, and browned and crusty on the outside. YUM!

Keep rotating the bread so you cook all sides evenly.

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Quick, your stickbread is ready!

When your bread is browned on all sides, it's ready to enjoy. You can have a little competition over who found the best spot to bake their bread on a stick!

You can eat the bread straight off the stick.... Tear open, unravel and admire the beautifully fluffy inside!

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You can also slide the bread off the stick when it has cooled a little, And then fill up the hole with jam. We use our fave Apricot Jam. Oh yes!

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We hope you enjoy making your bread on a stick! More great fun vegan camping recipes here:

Campfire Brownie
Wild Blueberry Pancakes
Campfire Dessert Calzone

Happy baking!

Sophie and Paul

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Campfire bread on a stick

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What's better than fluffy, fresh bread that you've cooked over a campfire in the great outdoors...

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Makes: 8 stickbreads

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Campfire

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp dried yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 ½ cups (300 g) flour
  • cup (200 ml) warm water
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

Dough

  • In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients into a moist dough. No need to knead!

  • Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm place until it has doubled in size - about 1 hour.

  • With floured hands, briefly 'knock back' the dough by making it into a ball.

  • Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and divide into 8 pieces.

Shaping your stickbreads

  • Start by stretching the dough into a strip and then roll it into a long sausage shape.

  • Twist a strip around the end of your sticks. Pinch the dough together to secure the end if necessary.

Cooking over a campfire

  • Either hold or prop up your stick over the fire.

  • Choose a spot over hot embers for best results.

  • Keep rotating until all sides are browned.

  • Enjoy your freshly baked bread!

Nutrition

Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 292mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg

This information is calculated per serving and is an estimate only.

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Campfire Bread on a Stick Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What foods can you cook on a stick over a fire? ›

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  • Chocolate Chip Cookie S'mores.

What else can you roast on a fire besides marshmallows? ›

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How do you cook on a campfire? ›

You can grill meat and vegetables directly on the grate or use it as a stand to hold pots and pans for boiling water, frying, or slow cooking. Cast iron cookware is recommended for campfire cooking as the dense metal retains heat better and distributes it more evenly.

What is the meaning of snobrod? ›

Most often we will make 'snobroed' which basically means 'wound bread'. You find sticks (great task for kids) long enough that you can sit at a safe distance and bake the bread over the fire. The bread dough is wound around the stick and will bake in approx 15 min.

What can I substitute for marshmallows? ›

Sweet And Sticky Alternatives To Marshmallows

Honey and maple syrup are some of the more common choices, as they're less processed, but other syrups will work fine.

What to toast instead of marshmallows? ›

Pizza rolls

You can keep it simple and roast strawberries or sweeten it up by wrapping a strawberry in marshmallow fluff and then roasting. Love apples? Try apples with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon wrapped in foil. Pineapple is another quick option that can be roasted on a stick.

What can I use as a stick to roast marshmallows? ›

Look for roasting sticks that have sturdy tines and wooden handles and are made from stainless steel if you want something that's going to be sturdy. Those tend to hold up the best and not only will keep the marshmallow firmly in place while roasting, but will also enable you to remove it with ease once it's ready.

What is the best meat to cook on a campfire? ›

From prime rib roasts to tri-tip to hamburger patties, or perhaps you prefer a hunk of chuck, a rack of ribs, a mighty tomahawk, or a real thick-cut steak (New York strip, ribeye, or otherwise).

Can you put aluminum foil in a campfire? ›

Solid pieces of metal don't burn easily.

Aluminum foil doesn't catch on fire in an oven, on the grill or even in a campfire. It can burn, however — though sparklers actually use aluminum as their fuel.

Can you bake on a campfire? ›

My first piece of advice when looking to bake over a campfire is to work with a hot fire. If you're making bread or a cake, it's important to generate a good deal of heat for long enough to bake your goodies.

Which food is cooked over fire? ›

Steak was made for grilling, especially over an open flame. Plus, this protein can be paired with a variety of salads and sides for a complete meal. Campfire Steak: Marinate the steak with your favorite rub or seasonings. For steak, it's not so important what you cook it with but rather how you cook it.

What is food cooked on a stick called? ›

In most English-speaking countries, a kebab may be the classic shish kebab or souvlaki – small cubes of meat cooked on a skewer – or made with minced (ground) meat, as in doner kebab.

Can you cook food on a wood fire? ›

To master cooking on a campfire, all you need is kiln dried logs, firelighters, and a match, and depending on what you are cooking, you will need a campfire grill/grate, pot, or Dutch oven.

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