LOL, didn't see the alert about the board being down tonight. Typed a long reply and hit submit and sent it somewhere into cyberspace! It must have gotten lost.
Anyway wanted to give you an update on tonight's baking experiment.
Wanted to try baking regular yeast bread. Got some frozen ready dough from the store. Again, trying for technique. Of course, during hard times there might not be any frozen dough or a running freezer to put it in.
Made six dinner rolls and a small loaf from one of the three frozen dough loaves in the package. Thought the smaller rolls might bake faster than a large loaf. They came out well.
What I did was to use an old cast iron, medium weight hibachi lined with tin foil as a lid. Put the rolls on a heavy weight aluminum pan. These took a while to bake as the coals were not that hot yet.
After dinner used the remainder of the dough for a small loaf. The top was beautiful. A nice brown crust (Had brushed with oil and sprinkled parmesan cheese on top). However, LOL, the bottom was charcoal! Got engrossed in watching "Touched by an Angel" instead of the grill! The baking time for the loaf would have been about one-third of the time it took to bake the rolls because the coals were very hot.
MaJo, want to try pizza too. This frozen dough can also be used for making pizza.
Y2KO, thanks for the dutch oven tip. Will try that method soon. Also want to try making muffins. Would love to have a cast iron stove. I'm jealous.
As for making the corn bread. I tried two different methods concerning the skillet. The first time, when the coals were not that hot yet, I put the empty, oiled skillet on the grill to heat up. Then filled it with the corn bread mix after it had gotten good and hot. The next time I just filled the skillet before putting it on the grill; however, the grill was a lot hotter that time. In the end, it did not seem to make any difference which method I used. The results were about the same.
Am looking forward to trying brownies next!
Lurkess