Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council
3210 Rand Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46241
  Campfire Cookin'  

March 2008

 
Campfire Desserts

Choco-Cherry Pie
6 individual graham cracker crusts
30 Hershey Kisses (your choice of white, chocolate, almond)
1 can cherry pie filling
Whipped topping (optional)

Put three Kisses in each crust, fill with 2-3 Tbsp. of pie filling, top with two additional kisses. Place on grill or in oven until Kisses melt. Cool and top with whipped topping if desired.

Cracker Jacks
Saltine crackers
Caramels

Warm caramel as you would marshmallows. When heated, slide between two crackers and gently smooch. Enjoy!

Dough Boys
Refrigerated biscuit dough
Filling: peanut butter & jelly, honey or pie filling

Fold dough around the end of a blunt stick. The stick should be about as thick as your thumb. Cook the dough to a light golden grown. If cooked properly, the dough should come right off without sticking. Don't cook too fast! Fill the dough boy with your favorite filling and then eat 'em up!

How to Judge the Temperature of Coals

You can estimate how hot the coals are with the "palm test." Hold your hand, palm side down, above the coals at the distance the food will be cooking. Start counting seconds - "one thousand one, one thousand two." If you need to remove your hand after two seconds, the coals are hot; three seconds, medium-hot; four seconds, medium; five or six seconds, slow.

Campfire Meals

Camper's Coney Fun-Buns
1 lb. hamburger
1/4 cup chopped onion
4 hot dogs, quartered lengthwise and cut in 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup root beer
6 buns

In a large skillet, cook hamburger and onion, drain off fat. Add hot dogs, ketchup and root beer, stir thoroughly. Cook and cover gently for 10 minutes. Keep warm until serving. Add more root beer if not sloppy enough. Serve on buns (or on bread). Makes 6 servings.

Squaw Corn
1 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 11 oz. can whole kernel corn
1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Saute ground beef, pepper and onion in skillet, drain. Drain liquid from corn and add to beef mixture in skillet. Add tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer on low for 15 minutes or put in slow cooker on low until serving time. Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or tossed salad and garlic bread. Serves 4.

Hearty Campfire Ham and Bean Dinner
In large metal campfire-proof pan, pour three cans of port and beans. To this mixture add:

6 T brown sugar
3 T chopped onion
2 T mustard

Stir until blended. Cover beans with six slices precooked ham 1/4 inch in thickness. Seal pan tightly with aluminum foil and heat over campfire for one hour. Serve warm with cornbread muffins.