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making easy pizza dough in a Ziploc bag for campfire pizza

Easy Pizza Dough for the Campfire

Quick and easy pizza dough recipe for the best homemade campfire pizza in a cast iron skillet. Grilled or wood fired, thick or thin crust, and no mixer!
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Course: Camping Recipes, dinner
Cuisine: American, Italian
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 235kcal
Author: Mel Lockcuff

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Mix together the flour and salt in a gallon size Ziploc bag before you ever leave home. That way it’s ready to go.
  • Once you’re at the campsite and ready to make the crust, add one packet of rapid rise yeast to the mixture.
  • Then add in the lukewarm water. 
  • Zip up the baggie, and mix everything together with your hands.
  • If the dough seems really sticky, you may need to add a little more flour until you have a nice ball of dough, rather than a sticky mess.
  • If you want a thin crust, let the dough rise for about 10 to 20 minutes right in the bag or bowl.
  • If you’d rather have a thicker crust, you may want to let it rise for about an hour or two.
  • Use olive oil to grease 2 10.25-inch cast iron skillets.
  • Take a little bit of that oil and rub on your fingers, and then divide the dough and press it into both skillets, making sure you press it all the way to the edges of each pan.
  • At this point, you can rub a little more olive oil on top of the crust if you want, which will help keep pizza sauce and other ingredients from soaking into your crust.
  • Place the skillet over the campfire (or on a grill over hot coals), allowing it to cook until the crust starts to firm up and turn a slight golden color.
  • Remove the crust from the fire, add all your favorite toppings, and continue to cook with lid on for another 5 to 7 minutes, or until done (see individual pizza recipes for further instruction).

Notes

*Take along a little extra flour in a separate baggie, in case you need to add a little more flour to your pizza dough.

Nutrition

Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 586mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 2mg
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