Camping Recipe of the Week
This is a fun, easy, and somewhat messy recipe to do over the campfire. You can do different variations of pudding flavors and frostings. Add some sprinkles for fun too.

Campfire Éclairs - submitted by Teresa.

Laura.Lea tried this and gave it 4 stars: "I have made these three or four times now and took first place at a Scout Master's Cook Off one of those times! A few tips: I use dowels for the forms around which the dough is cooked .... about an inch round. I wrap foil aound the area that will be exposed to flames or high heat. Make sure the dough is really cold when you wrap it around the sticks, otherwise, the dough just kinda ooozes off the dowel. My Boy Scouts love this dessert! Try it and with a little practice, no one will believe you made them at camp!"

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