Ice Cream in a Bag
Perfect activity and treat for hot summer days.
Ingredients:
½ cup of milk or half and half
1 tbsp. of sugar
¼ tsp. of vanilla
1 medium zip-lock bag
1 large zip-lock bag
2 tbsp. of rock salt
Crushed ice cubes
Put milk,sugar, and vanilla, in a medium size zip-lock bag and close. Put this bag into the larger zip-lock bag with rock salt and crushed ice cubes. Give a bag to each camper to shake and roll for 15 to 20 minutes until frozen.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Wraps
Better then a chocolate bar and a lot more fun.
Ingredients:
Peanut butter
Flour tortillas
Miniature marshmallows
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Spread 2 tablespoons of peanut butter on each tortilla. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips on half of each tortilla. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire about for 5 to 10 minutes. Unwrap and eat.
Orange Cakes
Eat the orange and bake a cake.
Ingredients:
Oranges
Cake mix – pick your favourite
Cut the oranges in half. Take the orange out of the peel leaving the peel intact. Pour cake mix into each half, wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.
Gingerbread Cakes
A little twist on orange cakes.
Ingredients:
Oranges
Gingerbread mix
Cut the oranges in ½. Take the orange out of the peel leaving the peel intact. Pour gingerbread mix into each half, wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.
Bannock Recipe
This is a yummy alterative to a sweet treat.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
Pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. margarine
7 tbsp. of milk
Combine all the dry ingredients a mixing bowl. Use a fork to combine margarine and milk. Stir until the lumps are gone. Form a one inch thick loaf. Put the dough into a frying pan. Bake over low flame. Cook 8 to 10 minutes on each side.
Or divide into fist size balls. Give each camper a ball of dough to wrap on a roasting stick. Roast over the hot coals of the fire.
Eat the Bannock while warm, plain or with butter, jam, or peanut butter.
Pineapple Donut Cakes
No mess upside down cake
Ingredients:
Plain cake donuts
Pineapple rings
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Slice donut in half. Place pineapple rings on one half. Pack brown sugar on top of the pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place other half of donut on top and wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire. Heat for 10-15 minutes.
Campfire Pie Tortillas
What could be better then a pie wrap?
Ingredients:
Tortillas
Pie filling – pick your favourite
Chocolate chips
Mini-marshmallows
Peanut butter
Open the cans and put a spoon in each one. Tear off squares of aluminium foil. Put a tortilla on the square of foil. Add peanut butter or pie filling. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Fold the tortilla edges in and roll. Wrap them well in tin foil and bake in the hot coals of the fire.
Laura Allgrove - Laura Allgrove is a journalism student at SAIT Polytechinc. Raised in Prince George, B.C., she is currently living in Calgary until she ...
