Campfire Bread : Campfire Recipes

There's nothing more satisfying than making your own bread - and tucking into this crusty wholemeal loaf while it's hot will be a real treat.

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   Prepare the barbecue or fire before baking with plenty of coals or wood.
   To cook the bread, you'll need a large deep pot with a lid, a trivet to sit the pot on (you could use a scrunched up ring of foil if you don't have one that'll fit) and a 20cm (8in) shallow cake tin lined with foil.
   Place the pot with the trivet directly in the hot coals and build the coals up around the pot and place some on the lid. Allow the pot to heat up for about 5 minutes.
   Combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and stir in enough milk to make a soft, but not too sticky dough. With floured hands, quickly shape into a round, scatter the top with wholemeal flour and cut a cross in it. Place in the cake tin and carefully lower into the preheated pot. Cover and bake for 20 minutes.
   Keep checking the bread and, if it looks like it's browning too quickly, remove the embers from the lid and sides. If that doesn't cool things down, remove the pot from the embers for 5 minutes.
   When the bread is cooked it should sound hollow when tapped.