Pin Reaper: Lynze
Original Inspiration: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/147563325263834775/
via: http://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/camping-recipe-giant-oreo-skillet-cookie
What I Did: Well… I thought I followed the directions… they seemed simple enough… put the cookie dough in the pan and bake!
I did add a little olive oil in the pan because I didn’t want the cookie to stick to the pan, and then I placed it on the grate over the open fire of the fire-pit in the campsite. The top of it looked pretty good when I took it off the grill… so I let it cool. Cutting into it I realized that I had burnt… to a crisp… the entire bottom of the cookie. It was nasty! We just ended up scrapping off the top of the cookie and ate it that way. but it was quite a waste!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: Well… I would say that if you can’t actually/properly gauge the temp of the fire, don’t even bother trying to make these!
It sounds like your problem was using an open flame. The temperature of a wildly flickering fire varies greatly. For cooking, it’s best to let the fire die down some and use the hot embers and coals that form. If placing the pan directly onto the coals world be too hot, then you can use your cooking stand to raise and lower it accordingly. It might also be better to get a thermometer that reads the air with a laser pointer, so you can better gauge the temperature. Remember, cooking is an art, but baking is a science.
Normally when I cook anything over a campfire, it’s over some coals that I push to the side, and never open flame. And I always use a grate so the cast iron isn’t touching the coals… it’s easier to cook without overcooking or burning.
But that’s obvious, though. These pans get very, very hot, so of course they will still be hot and continue to heat up whatevers in them even after you take them of the fire. You would have needed to take them out of the pan right away.
I blame the olive oil, as it has one of the lowest smoke points of any other cooking oil, and the open flame.
Use your nose! lol For me anyway, sniffing is an important part of baking.