Campfire Dessert Pizza

Sweet pizza cooked over the campfire

The kids thought this dessert pizza tasted kind of like a doughnut. I got the idea from a camping cookbook Over a Fire: Cooking with a Stick & Cooking Hobo Style. I made some changes: homemade dough instead of refrigerated, different toppings, etc. My husband has a couple changes for the next time we make this recipe too, but it really wasn't difficult and was very tasty.

Campfire Dessert Pizza
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour, divided
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
1 Tablespoon olive oil
7 oz. water
Heavy duty aluminum foil
1/2 can chocolate frosting
Sweetened flake coconut
M&Ms
Chocolate chips
Pecans
Caramel ice cream topping

• Before you leave to go camping: combine 2 1/2 cups flour, sugar, and salt in a zip bag. Place the extra cup of flour in another zip bag.
• At the campsite: in a medium bowl, add the yeast to the mix from home. Stir in oil and water and mix for about one minute.
• Add more flour until a slightly sticky ball forms.
• Transfer the ball to a floured cutting board and knead for 4-5 minutes, adding more flour as necessary until the dough is smooth and springy.
• Pour a small amount of oil in the bowl, add the dough, cover with plastic wrap, and let raise for 1-2 hours until double in size.
• Cut two squares of 18 inch heavy duty foil, grease with olive oil. Punch down the dough and spread in a large circle on one of the pieces of foil.
• Transfer foil to a cooking grate set over hot coals. Bake for 5-10 minutes until the bottom side is browned.
• Place the second piece of foil over the pizza and grab both pieces of foil together to flip the pizza.
• Remove the top piece of foil and bake the second side for 5-10 minutes until browned.
• Transfer foil with pizza onto a large cutting board or picnic table. 
• Spread the frosting on the crust. Sprinkle on the coconut, M&Ms, chocolate chips, and pecans. Drizzle with the caramel topping.
• Use a pizza cutter or a knife to slice into squares.

Notes: If you don't want to make the dough from scratch, use refrigerated pizza dough. The cooking time depends on how hot the coals are. You could divide the dough in half and make two smaller pizzas.