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Easy Camping Pancakes Recipe for Shrove Tuesday

Happy Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Tuesday! When I was growing up, the church I went to would serve pancakes on the evening before Ash Wednesday (Shrove Tuesday).

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent in the Christian calendar. It is traditionally a day of feasting and celebration before the fasting period of Lent begins. In many countries, it is known as Pancake Day because of the custom of making and eating pancakes to use up rich ingredients like eggs, milk, and sugar before the Lenten fast. The word “shrove†comes from the old English word shrive, meaning to confess sins and receive absolution. Shrove Tuesday falls 47 days before Easter, so its date changes each year.

When I got to college, I continued the tradition with my college roommates who are still my good friends today. One of my roommates even started the tradition with her daughters.

Anyone who knows me, knows my deep love for the city of New Orleans! So I really don’t need Mardi Gras to get into the spirit of listening to my favorites Galactic, Trombone Shorty or Kermit Ruffins and whipping up some pancakes (or crepes if feeling French!) but will definitely do so on this day.

Another great time for pancakes is when camping because as my friends and I like to say “there are no calories when camping”. Sometimes I will get lazy and just bring some Kodiak mix but a lot of times I will pre-make the pancake dry ingredients and put it all in a gallon zip lock bag. When at the campsite, just add a couple eggs, a couple tablespoons of vegetable and a bit of liquid you have on hand (milk, buttermilk or water).

Note – This recipe makes about 9 pancakes so multiple by how much mix you would like to make. I usually multiple by at least 4 since the dry ingredients will last in the zip lock bag for a good while if you don’t use it all.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
Camping Pancakes with Bacon

Directions:

  1. Add 2 cups of dry ingredients into a bowl
  2. Add 2 eggs and about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
  3. Stir in liquid (milk, buttermilk or water) to the bowl and mix until well combined (about 1 1/2 cups)
  4. If necessary to get desired consistency, add more liquid by tablespoon until reaching consistency you want
  5. Heat a griddle or cast iron pan and add either butter or spray to pan
  6. Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle or pan
  7. Cook until bubbly on top, puffed and slightly brown around the edges and then flip and cook other side until golden brown
  8. Top pancakes with butter, fruit, maple syrup or whatever your heart desires!

Laissez les bons temps rouler! It’s Mardi Gras Day!

Pancakes with sugared strawberries and whipped cream

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Easy Pancake Mix Recipe for Camping

One of my favorite traditions is this week – Mardi Gras!  Also known as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and the main reason I love it – Pancake Tuesday.  I love a good breakfast for dinner sometimes, and during college, I always heated up my pan and put together crepes, or pancakes, with all the fixings for my roommates and I.  Of course some hurricanes always paired nicely.  So this week, I give you breakfast!

I make large batches of this mix before the summer starts so I always have it ready to go for camping trips throughout the season.  It’s also great just for an easy breakfast on the weekends.  Just bring this mix, a small thing of buttermilk and 2 eggs.

Fun camping hack!  Before every trip, I crack open eggs into a large bowl and very slightly beat (just to fit through the funnel).  I then use emptied and cleaned plastic water bottles that I collect before preparation and insert a funnel into one.  Then pour the eggs in through the funnel until full.  Seal tightly and save in the fridge until you load your cooler.  Of course you can’t do any crazy egg varieties this way (sunny side up, over easy) but works great for scrambled eggs, breakfast burritos and recipes like this that ask for 2 eggs!

Also this is one recipe I do on my small propane grill that I also bring.  You can very much do it on indirect heat in a cast iron on the campfire in the morning but I’m usually doing such a big breakfast, I’ll have both the small propane grill and campfire grill going at the same time and just end up doing the pancakes on the propane grill.

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Last year I got these stack-able pots and pans that I absolutely LOVE (see above)!  GSI Stackable Pots

They even come with a small cutting board.  It saves on space when packing the car, and gives you two pots, one saucepan and a cutting board all in the size of the big pan.  Totally worth the money and less stress of trying to find the right pans to bring.  If you are going to do the pancakes on the grill, I recommend a cast iron pan and melting a half stick of butter in the pan first to reduce sticking with the heat of a campfire.

Multi-use Baking Mix Recipe (adjust this to how much of a batch you want to make)-

  • 3 cups Flour
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Recipe –

  • 2 cups of Multi-use Baking Mix Recipe
  • 2 cups (475 ml) buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • Butter
  • Optional – chocolate chips, coconut, fruit slices you have at camp
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together 2 cups baking mix, 2 cups buttermilk and two eggs until well blended.
  2. Melt a little piece of butter in a medium saucepan (or half stick in a large cast iron).  Put 1/4 cup batter at a time into the skillet.
  3. If you want to add other items, spread on top of pancakes here.  Chocolate chips are of course a big hit with the kid campers!
  4. Cook edges look slightly brown and firm (about 3 – 5 min), then flip.
  5. Cook other side until golden brown and firm.
  6. Repeat until batter is gone.

I love to serve up with bacon and french pressed coffee!

Another fun tip – if you want to get people up at your campsite to start the day, start cooking bacon 😉

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

I would love feedback! If you have tried this recipe, please rate below and/or comment!

Rating: 5 out of 5.