Making Bread (Bannock)

[damaralenoire]

Bread is one of those foods that when people panic buy they feel the need to empty the shelves of. I went camping once and the one thing i missed having was bread but after just doing a quick google search i found a recipe for Bannock Bread

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/0 ... ock-bread/

Anyone ever tried this or anything like this

[preppingsu]

I've made camp dough, which is a bit like a scone, cooked over a camp fire.

I have also made bread and cooked in our clay oven.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Shortening? is that Suet?


Lidl and most other supermarkets do bread maker bread mixes where its a just add water and kneed prove and cook routine... If you have a gas oven at home or a camp oven.... your laughing in the event of say a power cut (i recon most areas will have enough gas for a few days as most people will stop using it (boiler wont work without electric et all ) i know its pumped to the gasometers


anyway i digress

you can see the lidl ciabatta bread mix here

£1.20 ish a bag to make 2 loaves

and it does taste rather good

[damaralenoire]

my thinking is what bread i could make using a frying pan and a camping stove. My oven is electric and to be honest whenever there is a power cut, i always turn off all the mains GAS and WATER.

[preppingsu]

Chapatis - made in a frying pan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chapatis

[soutie]

Bread is one of those foods that when people panic buy they feel the need to empty the shelves of. I went camping once and the one thing i missed having was bread but after just doing a quick google search i found a recipe for Bannock Bread

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/0 ... ock-bread/

Anyone ever tried this or anything like this

would probably work really well in a dutch oven

[unsure]

i had a go at this in the summer , don`t make the same mistake i did tsp is a tea spoon not a table spoon .
on the plus side , i didn`t have heart burn for a few days .

[Yorkshire Andy]

im lucky to have one of these

http://www.coleman.com/product/camp-ove ... ngd5HDwlLc

we have a old back boiler even if the power goes off the pilot stays lit.....

why do you turn the water off? can understand it in freezing conditions if the house is unheated but other times?


oh and on the subject of pan cooking things try scones a pan with a thick base and tight fitting lid flip scone over half way though cooking


Sorrel drop scones – makes approx 8

110g Self raising flour
25g Caster sugar
1 Egg
150ml Milk (full fat)
1 handful of Sorrel leaves chopped.
Put the flour and sugar into a bowl and mix. Make a well in the middle of the mixture and drop in the egg and half the milk. Mix to a batter. Now mix in the rest of the milk.

Add the sorrel leaves and mix in.

Heat a flat griddle pan or heavy based saucepan until hot and grease with lard. Drop dessert spoonfuls of the batter onto the pan leaving room for them to spread.

Cook until bubbles rise to the top and then flip over and cook for approx. 1 minute more. Remove to a cooling rack and cover.

[Oldarborman]

I always make bread when camping I use a basic dough mixture
450gr strong flour
250-280ml warm water
2tb oil
1tsp salt
5gr dried yeast
I mix the dough and let it prove for an hour then make a Dutch oven with an old pot and lid and bake for 40-45 mins I have done this over a small camp stove and over a real camp fire, you will be surprised how easy it is, the only thing you have to make sure is that you use some kind of trivit to keep your bread pan off the base of your pot to stop it from burning, it tastes lovely especially with poppy seeds on top

[OpSec]

Soda bread is easy to make, no need for yeast proving etc, just mix it, kneed it and stick it in the oven (or dutch oven) for 30 minutes.

Ingredients
6oz self-raising wholemeal flour
6oz plain flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ pint buttermilk or yoghurt

1.Preheat the oven to 400F/200C/Gas 6.

2.Tip the flours, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl and stir.

3.Make a well in the centre and pour in the buttermilk, mixing quickly with a large fork to form a soft dough. (Depending upon the absorbency of the flour, you may need to add a little milk if the dough seems too stiff but it should not be too wet or sticky.)

4.Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly.

5.Form into a round and flatten the dough slightly before placing on a lightly floured baking sheet.

6.Cut a cross on the top and bake for about 30 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.