today we are making foil packet desserts i am so excited about this video because i don't
know about you but i have such a sweet tooth if you are new to my channel my name is amanda
and on this channel we have tons of camping food ideas camping tips hiking stuff so if you're into
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i have tons of ingredients here and i'm gonna make three different foil packet desserts that
are gonna be great for your upcoming camping trip this summer now there's a lot of reasons i love
foil packets one they're just so easy two they're delicious and really hard to mess up and three
they don't really use a lot of gear so if you're newer to camping this is such a great meal because
you don't need to go out and buy a ton of gear and tools and supplies to get this going you're gonna
need some metal tongs these are great for moving the floral packets around when they're on the fire
and then we build these foil packets in parchment paper and wrap them in heavy duty aluminum foil
and then i just also have some heat resistant gloves here just to protect my hands and my arms
as i'm working around the fire but really that's that's kind of it at the core it's very simple
so we're gonna get going assembling these different foil packet desserts get the fire going
and start cooking so today i have three different foil packet desserts the first one is going to be
an apple crisp foil packet next we have classic campfire banana boats and then third
is a summer berry pound cake foil packet i will show you exactly how to make all of these meals
but don't worry about writing anything down check the description box below and you'll find
printable recipes for everything that i'm going to show you today
first we're going to make the foil packet apple crisp so i have a couple granny smith apples here
this is just pretty good basic apple for apple crisp and then cinnamon brown sugar
and a little bit of lemon juice is going to go on the apples and then for the crumble topping i've
made this mix at home again that just saves you so many steps at camp because you don't have to bring
a ton of ingredients i've mixed oats in here and flour and cinnamon i'm going to add butter to this
and that's going to be my crumble topping so really easy and we're going to get this going
now when you're cutting these apples just keep in mind that the smaller you cut them
of course the faster they're going to cook so i do like to cut them
pretty small you know then i'm not cooking this foil packet for hours
with big chunks of apples you also could kind of do a mix of smaller pieces and then
some bigger pieces that are going to have a little bit more of a bite to them in there
my crumble mix is in here the last thing i need to do is just add butter and so i have cut my
butter into little cubes and i don't want to create more cleaning for myself than i need to
so i'm just going to put the butter right in this bag and then use my hands to kind of
mash like you basically just pinch the butter into the crumble you're going to get your hand a little
bit messy but at least you don't have to get this messy in a bowl and then clean the bowl as well
so you're just going to pinch the butter and you want to work fairly quickly here because
you don't want your hands to melt the butter you just want it to be soft enough to squish in here
i have the crumble ready to go the apples chop so now we're going to assemble
so i like to set my all my foil and my parchment paper get that all stacked up
so on the very outer layer we're gonna do heavy duty heavy duty aluminum foil
and then i'm gonna do at least two layers of aluminum foil i typically do three
so that's two and three and the reason i do more than one is because as you're moving
things around and putting this on the fire you don't want your tongs or the fire to pierce
through this aluminum foil and then all your food comes out so i like to do multiple layers
and then i'm gonna put my food on the parchment paper
and now i'm gonna put my apples no on the apples i'm gonna do a little bit of lemon juice without
the seeds ideally lost a seed in there a little lemon juice drizzle and then some brown sugar
and of course cinnamon
i'm just using my hands today get all this mixed up
now i'm gonna put the crumble topping right on there
i want to make sure that the parchment paper is completely tucked in i'm just
going to kind of fold that up and then bring the longest edges of the foil up roll that in
make sure my parchment paper is tucked in there and then fold that up
then i'm going to take this seam flip it upside
down and do the same thing so the long edges come in roll that down
and then fold in the sides
okay that one is ready to go next up we're gonna make campfire banana boats
i think next to s'mores these are probably one of the most classic camping desserts you're gonna
need banana you want one that's somewhat ripe but not overly ripe because if it's really ripe
then you cook it and it's just going to be super mushy so kind of something right in the middle
and then for the simplest version chocolate chips and some marshmallows on the blog post that i
wrote for this i have over 15 different flavor combinations and ways that you can really change
up and get creative with this camping dessert so make sure to check that out if you want some
inspiration but we're going to keep it really simple today you're going to keep the banana
peel on for this and take your knife and you're going to just cut through here but not all the way
through so you want to leave the the other edge intact this is kind of dangerous just cut almost
through to the bottom but not all the way through if that makes sense so you should be able then to
really open this up and then we can put all of our stuffing inside i'm gonna put the chocolate
chips in first again i mean you could drizzle some peanut butter in here you can use nutella
you can use fresh berries coconut nuts i mean the the combos are really endless
chocolate press those in there and then i have some little mini marshmallows
cram those in there
coming over here now for this one i want to try to keep it upright and
and keep track of what is upright because if we start flipping this
then all of our insides are going to kind of ooze out get this
same folding bring the tops edges in roll that down
now unlike the apple crisp one i'm just gonna leave it upright like this and do that again
two pieces of foil is probably fine here but
just to be safe
all right we got a banana this one is ready to go next we have the summer berry pound cake
and i have a little bit of homemade pound cake you can do store bought but
i really like to make my own pound cake and then i'm just gonna slice this up and put it in here
i have some butter brown sugar and then some fresh berries you can do any combo but i really like
strawberries and then i just cut those up into little pieces
raspberries and blueberries or a combo of those so i'm going to slice up my pound cake into cubes
and then put that over here brown sugar about a tablespoon of that
on here sprinkle that over the pound cake oh yeah my butter and i've just cut that into little cubes
put that on top lastly top with the berries
the berries are rolling away hmm
now we cook
so we've had a nice fire going and at this point i'm going to let it die down because for cooking
these foil packet desserts i want to cook them on a hot bed of coals not on some big raging
flame so i'm going to let this die down and then we're going to put them on there
when it comes to timing on these desserts low and slow is the general rule of thumb when it comes
to foil packet meals the banana is going to take 10-15 minutes depending on how hot your coals are
if you overcook the banana it's just gonna become really mushy so air on the side of
less time for the banana and also with the pound cake one you really are just heating it melting
that butter melting that sugar so it doesn't need super high heat for a really long time
again probably anywhere between 10 and 15 minutes the apple crisp one is the one that
is gonna probably take a little bit longer just because you are cooking those apples
depending on how big you could cut the apples it's gonna take more or less time
this is not an exact science there's not a cut and dry time because your coals are going to
be running maybe a little bit hotter than my coals are running today so just keep an
eye on it keep flipping it pretty frequently to keep the even heat and you'll be just fine
so when you're opening these obviously just be careful because they're really hot and there's
a lot of steam trapped in there that one looks good our summer berry pound cake smells so good
for this one i like to top it with a little bit of slivered almonds just to give it a bit of a crunch
someone do that you can even put chocolate chips in here a lot of these are just so customizable
we're gonna do the apple crisp next that smells so good on a cold fall evening camping apple crisp
this just has all the fall vibes right here it's so i don't know comfort food you can
even bring some whipped cream in the cooler and put some whipped cream on here ice cream would
be amazing but that's really not practical when you're camping but whipped cream certainly is so
now we have the campfire banana boat
all right for the banana boat one you can top it with all sorts of things i really like to
top it with some sort of crunchy element so i have graham crackers here and you can just do
graham cracker crumbs or you can use a graham cracker to kind of dip into the banana boat
so good you wouldn't think a hot banana and be that good with a little graham cracker for crunch
graham cracker scoop of banana marshmallow top
so that is going to be it for these foil packet desserts i was going to have them all laid out
for you here but we already literally ate the other two so if you want the recipes for these
make sure to check the description below i will have links there they're free printable recipes
for you to take on your camping trips and if you want some really delicious foil packet dinner
ideas check out this video here it goes in detail of three foil packet dinners and some additional
tips and tricks when it comes to cooking foil packet meals so i will see you in the next one