Cornbread ( 1830’s) Kitchen / Campfire Recipe

3 c.  stone ground corn meal 1 1/2    c.  white flour 1 T. sugar 2 t. baking soda 1/2 t.  salt 2 1/2 T. molasses  or  21/2  T. honey  or 11/4  T. of each  4 eggs 3 c.  buttermilk 3 T. lard 3  T. veg. [Read More]

Dutch Oven Cobbler Kitchen / Campfire Recipe

1 box of yellow cake mix 1 cold stick butter cut into cubes 2 cans pie filling 1 1/4 c. chopped or finely diced walnuts While heating 12 inch cast iron dutch oven to 375 degrees (use oven thermometer inside dutch oven/oven ) Remove from [Read More]

Traditional Buckwheat (no knead)

3/4  cup buckwheat flour (3  1/2 oz) 1  cup unbleached all-purpose flour (5 oz) 2  cups whole wheat flour (9 oz) 2  1/4 t. granulated yeast 1  1/2 t. coarse salt 1/8  cup vital wheat gluten (2 T or .6 oz) 1  3/4 cups lukewarm [Read More]

Honey Wheat (no knead) Dutch Oven

1  1/3  cups lukewarm water (approximately 100 degrees) 2  1/4 t.  granulated yeast 2  1/4 t.  coarse salt (.6 oz) 1  1/2  cups whole wheat flour (6.75 oz) 1  1/2  cups  all-purpose white flour (7.5 oz) 1/8  cup of vital wheat gluten ( 2T or .6 oz) [Read More]

Artisan Dutch Oven White Bread (no knead) Kitchen or Campfire

1  1/2 cups lukewarm water (approx. 100 degrees) 2  1/4 t. granulated yeast 2  1/4 t. coarse salt (.6 oz) 3  1/4 cups all-purpose white flour (16.3 oz) Using glass bowl or cup, dissolve yeast in lukewarm water.   Put flour in large  bowl, incorporate salt [Read More]

Meal Planning – 6 weeks at a time!

6 Week Meal Planner My wife, Danielle, has recently created a 6 week meal planner, along with recipes, shopping lists and templates.  This is available as a PDF download that you can print off, and a printed version in a ring binder that you can [Read More]

Dutch Oven Cooking… Bread Making

As I walk down my path in life, I find myself coming in contact with some real wonderful people. Some people like Stan, who does a lot of teaching others, has a passion for his work. He isn’t in it for the money because he [Read More]