Campfire Stick Bread Twists with Garlic Parmesan Butter
Stir a quick baking-powder dough, roll it into thin ropes and wrap them around clean peeled sticks. Toast over hot coals (not tall flames) for 8 to 12 minutes, turning often, until golden and cooked through. Brush with garlic Parmesan butter and eat warm; the whole thing takes about 40 minutes.
Stick bread is about as old-school as campfire food gets. This version uses a no-yeast dough you mix in one bowl, so there's no rising and no waiting. The twists come off the stick crisp outside and soft inside, like a breadstick with a little smoke.
The trick is thin dough and steady coals. Thick dough burns before it cooks. Keep the ropes about as wide as your finger, turn the sticks often and the bread comes out right every time. Bring extra dough. It goes fast.
Campfire Stick Bread Twists with Garlic Parmesan Butter
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Heat
- Hot coals, no tall flames
- Pack weight
- 2 lb
- Campfire
- Camp stove
- Backpacking
- Cooler optional
- No stove
- Low water
- One-pan cleanup
- Prep ahead
Ingredients
11 ingredients, Crew only
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