Camp Breakfast Is In the Bag - total time 30 minutes

Have you seen those pins on Pinterest where they show a paper bag sitting over the campfire to cook breakfast? I definitely have. But have you ever seen the end result? So many pins about allegedly being able to cook a camp breakfast without any clean up... sounds too good to be true.

So I tried it out...

To my surprise, no Pinterest fail occurred, which is good because we were hungry. I shouldn't really be a surprised that the layered cooking works on a campfire because I did it with bacon, onions, and potatoes last year... but had to clean my cast iron afterward. So now we can go pan free!

I love breakfast sandwiches, so the ingredients in this are perfect after a night sleeping in tents or really any time. The bacon acts as a liner to the paper bag preventing the eggs from leaking out and the fat prevents the bag from burning in the fire. I also add a little cooking spray just to be in the safe side. The biscuit on top gets just enough air through the paper bag that it cooks perfectly (unlike covering a pan of biscuits with foil... if the steam can't escape, your biscuits will be soggy). Where to put the bag once you have everything ready becomes the tricky part. You don't want flames constantly hitting the bag... the bacon can protect the paper that well. But you also need it close enough to cook before you get hangry.

For each bag you will need...

3 pieces of bacon

3 eggs

1 biscuit

Cooking spray

1. Build fire.

2. Open bag, spray with a little cooking spray

3. Line bottom of bag with bacon

4. Crack three eggs into bag on top of bacon

5. Plop one biscuit into the bag.

6. Roll up the top of the bag and place on grill close to, but not in the fire.

7. When the bacon grease has reached halfway up the bag, carefully remove from fire and peel back the paper bag. Chow down!