Does anyone have hints or tips for making things on a stove top or in the sun (for instance) when one is without an oven?
I'm looking for something like little cakes or cookies that I can make in a skillet, or on a griddle, I suppose.
I'm looking for something like little cakes or cookies that I can make in a skillet, or on a griddle, I suppose.
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Re: Baking Without An Oven
Sat, June 7, 2008 - 5:45 PMAhh, Euphoria! I saw a recent post of yours in the Mac OS X tribe... anyway... have you seen solarcooking.org/ there are lots of plans for making solar cookers. I haven't tried it yet, but I'd love to bake bread in a solar oven... lots of recipes, too..
In CR you'll have to adjust for afternoon rains about this time of year. I'd suggest starting simple. Also, it may not qualify as "baking" but you can very easily pull off fritters or "donuts"...
Crepes are easy, and you can fill them with anything... savory or sweet.
OK, I'm feeling my cocktail and should bail, but I want to hear what others have to offer.
Peace
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Re: Baking Without An Oven
Mon, June 9, 2008 - 8:24 AMYou could make some of the indian flat breads, like nan or parathas. Also mexican wheat tortillas could be considered a bread and all of these cook on a griddle on the stove top.
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Re: Baking Without An Oven
Tue, June 10, 2008 - 2:17 PMThanks for the suggestions, guys!
I'm actually hoping for something sort of dessert like, so maybe fritters or churros would be a plan, though I'd also prefer something that doesn't require lots of oil.
I plan to build myself a nice solar oven if I can ever find a place to stay at for more than a month or two. It just wouldn't be practical to have one more thing that I have to move from place to place to place with me.
I'm currently in the Caribbean so the rain pattern is completely different than most of the rest of the country. In any case, there's plenty of sun most days to successfully use it, so I look forward to being able to do that at some point. -
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Re: Baking Without An Oven
Sat, June 21, 2008 - 10:53 PMEuphoria,
You can bake on the stove top by using a dutch oven with a rack in it, you can also bake or steam with a bamboo steamer some chopsticks and a wok.
If you have a decent dutch oven, just get a rack that sits about 1 inch above the bottom. you can bake cakes and breads or pies etc in it. You need to allow for the humidity in your area but it does work.
You can deepfry bread dough and roll in sugar. hawaiians call them malasadas.
You can also get something called a pizzele iron. you dip the iron in batter and then either dip it in deep fat or you can get electric heated irons as well.
Lots of options.
You might also consider a small toaster oven. they are light and portable and useful for so many things.
if you need recipes for dutch ovens just ask I can post a few. I use them when we camp out to make pies and biscuits on the campstove.
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