Monkey Bread Campfire Treat [VIDEO] – Camping Recipes for Kids

By G.A. Anderson (Gus), on January 17th, 2012

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Campfire Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread – another fun and easy camping recipes for kids that they can help make themselves, with just a little adult supervision. And this one is so easy the kids will want to do it on every camping trip.

Campfire Monkey Bread is a great evening campfire treat too.

Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread

Just watch the fun as the kids cut their biscuit dough and shake the bag to add a cinnamon sugar coating.

Then let them toss them into the Dutch oven any way they want. This camp recipes for kids isn’t just delicious – it’s fun too.

This campfire treat is cooked with a Dutch oven, over medium campfire coals.
*It can also be cooked in individual pie irons by the kids.

Here is all you need for this camp or campfire treat:

A Dutch Oven – You can line it with foil for easy clean-up, but it is not required. Or, You could even use liners, like these Dutch Oven Liners.
2 refrigerated biscuit doughs per camper. (like Pillsbury, from the dairy section)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1 stick of butter, or 8 tbsp. margarine
1 or more paper or plastic bags (for the cinnamon/sugar mix)

The basic steps for the Adults:

While the kids are doing their part, prep an area of the campfire so the coals are ready for Dutch oven cooking
If you are going to line the Dutch oven with foil, do it now and then set it on the coals to begin pre-heating
Melt the butter in a small sauce pan and set aside
Mix the cinnamon and sugar in one of the bags, and shake to mix well – you will be letting the kids coat their monkey dough, so if you have several kids – divide the cinnamon/sugar mix into a couple bags

Monkey Bread video of a camp cook – Fail

This camp cook has the right idea, but… the kids will have a lot more fun if you follow the instructions following the video – instead of trying to follow the video’s instructions.

Tip: A good pair of campfire gloves is almost a must-have for campfire and Dutch Oven cooking. Here is a guide to some good choices for campfire cooking gloves.

Make clean-up a snap with inexpensive

Dutch oven liners.

The basic steps for the Kids:

Give each kid at least two biscuit doughs, and have them cut them into quarters – (you may need to demonstrate once)
Let the kids toss their Monkey bread, (the biscuit quarters), into the bag of cinnamon/sugar mix – close bag and toss vigorously to coat the dough with the mix
As each young camper’s dough gets coated – let them toss, or arrange, their Monkey Bread in the Dutch oven
That’s it for the kids – for now

Campfire Treat Cooking instructions:

When all the Monkey bread chunks are in, pour the melted butter over them and put the Dutch oven lid on.
This camping recipes for kids will take about 35 minutes in a 350` Dutch oven

about 10-12 good briquet-size coals under the Dutch oven, and about 12-14 briquet-size coals on the lid

After about 15 minutes – rotate the Dutch oven 90` and replenish the coals both under and on top
Check the Monkey bread after about 25 minutes to see if it is done. It may take another 5 or 10 minutes, but you will be able to tell just by looking. You will see the dough pieces puffed and brown.

Note: Preheat the Dutch oven. (just like prheating your home oven)

Tips:
This campfire treat is best enjoyed if, when done, just remove the Dutch oven from the coals, take off the lid, and let the kids “spear” their own Monkey Bread chunks with the short sticks they prepared while this campfire treat was cooking.

The Spears: While they are waiting, have each kid find a small stick, about pencil-thick and approx. 18-inches long. Trim the bark back and sharpen one end so it will “spear” the treats in the Dutch oven

DO NOT CUT living green wood for this unless you know it is appropriate for your camp site.

This is where adult supervision can help the younger campers, show them how to find “fallen wood” sticks, or find a bush branch they can use without hurting the bush.

★ Impress the kids and make the evening campfire and story time a colorful light show with colored campfire flames.

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More Camping with Kids Resources and Guides

Notes and discussions:
Camping with kids requires some camping gear and accommodations that you might not normally consider if just camping with adults.

*Note – all shopping links are my own Amazon affiliate links – which I only use to recommend good-quality camping gear – Gus

Here are a few items and resources that may prove helpful:

Bad Weather Survival Ideas for Camping with Kids:
Bad Weather? Kids confined to the tent? Save your sanity – be prepared with these games and activities to keep them occupied.

The links are for individual products, or the all-in-one bad weather kit. (as pictured)

CampingwithGus.com Rainy Day Camping with kids games and activities

Available as an all-in-one kit – Just click the image on the right to see a complete all-in-one Camping activities for Kids and camp games for kids Bad Weather Survival kit” – All you have to do is select the item quantities to match your number of kids!

Kids love to use a compass, and there are plenty of camping activities for kids that use a compass. There are even camp games for kids that use maps and orientation.
Camping and Hiking Compass

For emergencies, and your peace of mind, – every kid in camp should have a camp whistle on a lanyard around their neck! It’s a handy way for them to summon help when they need it.
Camp Safety Whistles

Save your strength, – every kid needs their own camp flashlight, instead of arguing who gets yours or who has had it the longest and who’s turn it is now.
(ps. this is a great camp light for kids, but you can just pick some up at the Dollar store if you want)
Kid’s Camping Flashlights

Pie Irons for Campfire Cooking
If you go camping with kids, you should have at least one Pie Iron, (preferably one for each kid), in your camping cookware. They are versatile – you can make anything from grilled cheese sandwiches to instant fruit pies. And they are so safe and easy to use that you can let your young campers make their own fun camping recipes for kids.

Just pop in the ingredients, close, cook over the campfire, and out comes delicious sandwiches, or biscuit-dough fruit tarts, or dozens of other camp food choices.

Tip: With young kids in camp, a portable camp toilet will make your life a lot easier. No interruptions for a long trip to the campsite bathrooms, and no “scary” after dark trips to the latrine in the woods. ps. You will be surprised how convenient and inexpensive portable camp toilets are. Here are some cheap portable camp toilets on Amazon. Check them out.

Camp Water Carrier

Kids Camping Chair

Camping First Aid

Check out these great examples of camping gear items useful for camping with kids. Once you have these pieces of camp gear included in your list of camping equipment, you will wonder how you ever did without them. Especially when you see how inexpensive they are when you buy them online.