Campfire baking!
May. 31st, 2006 07:23 amProblem: A surplus of overripe bananas.
Solution: Make banana bread.
Problem: It was 95 F yesterday. No way was I going to fire up the oven for an hour.
Solution: Since I was grilling dinner yesterday, I poured the batter into a cast iron Dutch oven and plopped it onto the coals when dinner was finished. It baked in about half the time a loaf pan takes.
The Verdict: Possibly, should have put the Dutch oven on a grate over the coals and covered the grill. Bottom 1/4" totally burned. Removing that, we had some pretty decent banana bread with just a hint of smokey/burnt flavor. If I'd cut more off of the bottom, probably could have gotten rid of that, too.
I also feel virtuously economical for having gotten more cooking mileage out of the charcoal.
Solution: Make banana bread.
Problem: It was 95 F yesterday. No way was I going to fire up the oven for an hour.
Solution: Since I was grilling dinner yesterday, I poured the batter into a cast iron Dutch oven and plopped it onto the coals when dinner was finished. It baked in about half the time a loaf pan takes.
The Verdict: Possibly, should have put the Dutch oven on a grate over the coals and covered the grill. Bottom 1/4" totally burned. Removing that, we had some pretty decent banana bread with just a hint of smokey/burnt flavor. If I'd cut more off of the bottom, probably could have gotten rid of that, too.
I also feel virtuously economical for having gotten more cooking mileage out of the charcoal.