Dutch Oven
Breakfast
Camping Dutch Oven Campfire French Toast
This delightful camping French toast combines winter spices and a sweet powdered sugar glaze, perfect for chilly mornings around the campfire.
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Added August 20, 2026

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 45 min
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- •4 tablespoons sugar
- •1 teaspoon cinnamon
- •1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- •1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- •1/4 teaspoon salt
- •5 cups French bread
- •4 pieces eggs
- •1.5 cups milk
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •3/4 cup powdered sugar
- •2 tablespoons milk
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •to taste cooking spray
Equipment
- • 12-Inch, 6 Quart Cast Iron Camp Dutch Oven
- • Lodge Camp Dutch Oven Lid Lifter
- • Camping Flexible Cutting Mats
Instructions
- 1Cut or tear bread into 3/4-inch chunks.
- 2Spray bottom and sides of 12-inch camp Dutch oven with cooking spray.
- 3Place cut bread in bottom of 12-inch camp Dutch oven.
- 4Beat together all remaining ingredients. Pour over bread.
- 5Let stand 20-30 minutes for bread to soak up egg mixture.
- 6Bake at 350 degrees F with (9 hot coals below the bottom of the oven and 15 coals on top of the lid) approximately 40-50 minutes until egg mixture is cooked through.
- 7Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze for serving.
Camp tips
- • Use a Dutch oven lid lifter or campfire gloves to turn the oven and lid 1/4 turns in opposite directions every 10 minutes or so to ensure even baking.
- • Be prepared with a second set of hot coals in the middle of the baking time.
Food safety & trail facts
- Calories:
- 712
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