This was found on Westprint newsletter to me last week.

An interesting way of produciong a loaf of bread.

Over many trips & corrugations I have found a way of making great bread and not getting your hand dirty with dough. Firstly I use the Laucke which are available around Australia in Coles & Woolworths, (http://www.laucke.com.au/retail_premixes.asp) they have a great range and you can purchase them in individual loaf packs or bulk. I personally go for the bulk pack and weigh the ingredients out into zip bags (heavy duty med size) before I leave (I also place a sachet of sugar & the yeast sachet in the zip bag.)

Each afternoon around 2pm (either late lunch or afternoon tea) I measure out the water required for the bread mix from the leftover tea water (very, very important the water should be around 36 degrees, over 40 and the yeast dies, under 30 and nothing happens except rock cakes).

I stick my finger in the water and if it feels lukewarm then it is perfect, I add the sugar (yeast food) & the yeast and stir with a twig. When fully blended I add the liquid into the zip bag holding the bread mix. I then zip up the bag (make sure this happens or you may have a flour storm inside the car!) and give the bag to the passenger of the car. As the afternoon goes on the passenger massages the bread mix in the bag for 60 minutes, by this time the dough should be well kneaded.

Place the bag then onto the dash for around 1 hour. In this time the dough should rise nicely, make sure a little of the zip is open to allow the gas to get out. With 30 minutes to go before camp again start massaging the mix in the bag.

At camp once you have set up your camp unfold the dough from the bag into your camp oven with a sprinkle of water on top of dough with the lid on and place in a warm spot to allow the bread to reproof & rest (have been known to place under motor on cold days until fire is going) Once the dough has expanded & you have hot coals, place the coals on the camp oven top & bottom.

Important: to get a nice rise in the bread place more coals under the bread than on top for first 10 minutes, after 10 minutes I replace the coals with fresh ones and allow to cook for 30 mins more. After this the bread should be nicely risen, brown on top and hollow sounding when you tap it.

Take it out of camp oven and enjoy.

Aart

Typical male idea if you ask me the "passenger" I bet is his female partner does all the work of the "massaging" and then he takes all the credit!!!!!!!