Baking RV Style

Learning how to bake inside a camping oven has been an adventure all its own.

Hour long frozen pizzas and burnt yet raw cookies that went straight into the garbage started many of our first baking attempts.

After a bit of research, I read about the idea of using a pizza brick to to spread out the heat of the propane oven more evenly. Sorry, I don't recall where I read that, but thank you. I took weeks and weeks to find a square pizza stone that would actually fit inside our small 12" by 15" oven.

Searching for a new bbg grill after husband melted our other one. Have I mentioned that? Anyways, we found found the perfect solution at Home Depot. 10.5 in. x 10.4 in. Flame-Friendly Ceramic Griddle They carry the same type on Amazon for $30.00 but it is only $13.97 at Home Depot.

This ceramic pan is placed below the metal rack, right above the propane heating element. This then disperses the heat, creating a much more even baking environment.

With the use of this ceramic stone and by turning the baking half way through, success is achievable.

Baking time is much closer to the typical time recommended in most recipes.

 

We ended up baking over ten pans of sweet rolls between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In addition, we baked cookies and Chex mix. A couple different recipes of the sweet cinnomon rolls we attempted, but we finally settled on this recipe from Allrecipes.  

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/239421/salted-caramel-pecan-sticky-buns/# 

 

 We changed the baking time from 30 minutes to 16 minutes, flip pan 180 degrees, then another 16 minutes.

Of all the pans of bake rolls, we only kept one pan for ourselves. All the rest we brought in to work or given away to friends.

Last minute Christmas wreaths were whipped up in the camper's microwave on Christmas Eve morning. We also discovered how to make Chex mix in our RV's micro wave. Melting all of the spices, butters and liquids is pretty obvious. But the idea of 'baking' the chex mixture in the microwave was a new idea. 

We ended up pouring the liquid over the cereal mixture in a cake pan and cookie sheet. Then, we put it back into the glass bowl in 1/4 batches. I cooked it on high for 2 minutes and then stirred it. Another two minutes and stirred again and then thirty more seconds. And it was done!

It tastes exactly like it was done in the oven. FTW! 

Three more times with the other batches, and we are done, in less than a half an hour! Who is ever going to bake Chex mix in an oven again? NOT ME!

 

Wreath cookies: Bag of marshmallow melted with 1/4 cup margarine, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and green food dye (to color you like). Stir in 6 cups of corn flakes.Shape like wreaths and add red hots for decoration. I wrap in small squares of plastic wrap to keep from sticking together so you can have them on the Christmas cookie tray.