This campfire cookies recipe means that you can make freshly baked chocolate chip cookies right over your campfire. Make the dough before heading out, toss it in your cooler, and cook them in your pie iron any time the craving strikes.
Recipe at a Glance: Campfire Cookies
- DETAILS
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Preparation method: Campfire pie iron
- HIGHLIGHTS
- Make classic chocolate chip cookies right over your campfire!
- The chocolate chip cookie dough can be prepared ahead of time before heading out to camp, and the cookies are cooked one at a time, so you can make as few or as many as you'd like each day.
- These campfire cookies are a great dessert or a kid-friendly camping snack.
I have a serious weakness for cookies, particularly homemade chocolate chip cookies. My camping pantry always has some sort of cookie in it, but why bring along pre-packaged ones when you can make a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie right over the fire?
This recipe uses the cookie dough from my skillet cookie recipe, which makes a rich and gooey chocolate chip cookie. As with a lot of cookie doughs, the flavor actually improves over time, so you're doing yourself a favor by preparing it before heading out to camp. Then, anytime the craving strikes, you're ready to bake as few or as many as you want.
Jump to:
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Chocolate chips--I recommend using semi-sweet chocolate chips for this recipe to give your cookie that classic chocolate chip cookie flavor.
- Butter--If you need to use salted butter, you can skip adding the salt in the recipe.
- Baking soda--This reacts with the brown sugar in the cookie dough to allow it to puff up slightly while cooking.
How to Make Cookies in a Pie Iron
1. Mix the melted butter with both sugars and stir well. Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla.
2. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
3. Spray the insides of a pie iron with cookie spray. Place a ball of cookie dough on one side and secure the pie iron.
4. Cook over hot coals or low flame, flipping occasionally until the cookie is puffed and golden brown.
Tips and Troubleshooting
- I recommend making the dough ahead of time, before you leave for camp. Put it in a sealed container and toss it in your cooler or RV fridge. It will be good for up to 5 days before baking the cookies, and the flavor of the dough will improve over time.
- Keep your pie iron as level as possible while cooking and when you flip it, do so quickly so that the cookie doesn't have time to slide into the side of the pie iron and become misshapen.
More Pie Iron Recipes You'll Love
Tried This Recipe?
If you've tried this recipe, please leave a comment below. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Pinterest for more great camping and grilling recipes.
Recipe
Campfire Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted, plus more for the skillet
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Combine the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a medium bowl.
- Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix just until combined and no streaks of white remain. The dough will be thick. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Transfer the dough to a sealed container and refrigerate until you're ready to bake. If the dough is very firm, let it sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before cooking.
- Prepare a campfire and let it cook down to low flames or very hot coals.
- Spray both insides of the pie iron with cooking spray.
- Pinch off a 2 tablespoon portion of the dough and shape it into a slightly flattened ball. Place it in the pie iron and close it.
- Bake the cookie over the flame or hot coals, flipping occasionally, until the exterior of the cookie is golden brown and crisp, about 10 minutes. The exact timing will depend on the heat of your fire and how close your pie iron is to the heat.
- Let the cookie cool for a few minutes before enjoying.
Notes
- Get ahead--I recommend making the dough ahead of time, before you leave for camp. Put it in a sealed container and toss it in your cooler or RV fridge. It will be good for up to 5 days before baking the cookies, and the flavor of the dough will improve over time.
- Keep it level--Keep your pie iron as level as possible while cooking and when you flip it, do so quickly so that the cookie doesn't have time to slide into the side of the pie iron and become misshapen.
Leave a Reply