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Campfire Bread

Campfire bread is a camping classic where sticky dough ropes are spiraled onto roasting sticks and browned over coals. The result is golden, cooked-through stick bread with a fluffy interior that’s great warm with butter or jam.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 220
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

All-purpose flour
  • 3 cup all-purpose flour
Baking powder
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
Salt
  • 1 tsp salt
Sugar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
Powdered milk
  • 1.25 cup powdered milk Use powdered milk (not liquid).
Water
  • 1.5 cup water
Roasting sticks
  • 10 roasting sticks Wooden sticks sized for roasting; avoid treated wood.

Method
 

Make the dough
  1. Mix all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and powdered milk in a large bowl or zip-top bag until evenly combined.
  2. Add water and mix until dough forms; the dough should be slightly sticky.
  3. Divide the dough into 10 portions.
  4. Roll each portion into a long rope about 1 inch thick.
  5. Wrap each dough rope around the end of a roasting stick in a spiral pattern, leaving a little spacing between turns if the dough puffs.
Roast over campfire coals
  1. Hold the stick over campfire coals (not flames), rotating constantly so it browns evenly, for 12-15 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
Serve
  1. Slide the bread off the stick and serve warm with butter or jam.

Notes

Pro tip: keep the bread over coals, not direct flames, and rotate constantly—this prevents burning before the center cooks. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge up to 3 days; rewarm in a low oven or over gentle heat. Freezing is not recommended because the stick-bread texture softens. For a dietary swap, use plant-based powdered milk if you need dairy-free (the dough handling may be slightly softer).