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Shake-and-Pour Camp Pancakes

Mix the dry ingredients at home in a bottle with powdered milk. At camp, add water and oil, shake, and pour. No eggs to keep cold.

⏱ 25 min (5 min prep, 20 min cooking) 🍽 Serves 4 · 3 pancakes kid friendlybudgetmake aheadquick vegetarian

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ContainsMilk, Wheat. Check the labels on what you buy; brands differ.

Ingredients

Make 4 servings

  • At home, in the bottle

  • 2 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp Granulated sugar
  • 4 tsp Baking powder
  • Β½ tsp Table salt
  • Β½ cup Whole dry milk powder

  • At camp

  • 1Β½ cup Water, safe drinking water
  • 3 tbsp Vegetable oil (soybean), plus more for the pan
  • Β½ cup Maple syrup, for serving (optional)

Nutrition

Nutrition coming: the USDA numbers for these ingredients are being added.

Steps

You’ll need: 1-quart wide-mouth bottle or jar with a tight lid, griddle or large skillet, spatula, camp stove.

  1. At home: put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and dry milk in a clean, dry 1-quart bottle or jar (a funnel helps). Close it and label it β€œadd 1Β½ cups water + 3 tbsp oil.”
  2. At camp: add the water and oil, close the lid tightly and shake hard for about 30 seconds, until there are no dry pockets. A few small lumps are fine.
  3. Heat an oiled griddle over medium-low on the camp stove. Pour ΒΌ-cup pancakes straight from the bottle.
  4. Cook until bubbles cover the top and the edges look dry, about 2 minutes, then flip and cook 1 to 2 minutes more, until golden and cooked through. Don’t taste the raw batter (FDA).
Make aheadThe dry mix keeps 2 months in the pantry.
πŸ§’ With kidsKids love to shake the bottle. Pouring and flipping on a hot griddle is a grown-up job, or for older kids with help.
Blueberries swapDrop a few blueberries onto each pancake after pouring.
From scratch swapUse 2 cups of the from-scratch pancake mix.

Goes well with

β˜• Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

Good to know

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An original Teddy Rook Book recipe, written for our Camping and campfire cooking collection; safety steps follow USDA. Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central and changes with brands and portions.