Foil Packet French Toast Recipe

This foil packet french toast recipe is a simple recipe to add to your camping meal planning. It is the easiest way to make delicious french toast while camping! 

This french toast recipe is super easy to make while camping, I love that you can prep it ahead of time and just throw it on the fire to cook later.  It’s a favorite of the kids because they love anything with the words “french toast”.

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Ingredients

• 6 slices of French bread, cubed
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup syrup
• Powdered sugar (for topping)
• Strawberries, sliced (for topping)

How to make foil packet french toast

1. Layer the bread into a foil packet or foil pie plate.

2. Mix together the egg, milk, vanilla, 1/2 the syrup and cinnamon.  Pour the mixture over the bread. 

3. Wrap the entire dish in foil and place over the coals of a campfire or grill. 

4. Allow to bake for 60 minutes or until the center is firm.

5. Top with remaining syrup, strawberries or powdered sugar.

Tips for making traditional foil packets

• Cut two pieces of aluminum foil to about 12″.  Layer them one on top of the other.  Place recipe ingredients in the center.  Bring up the longer edges of the foil and fold together.  Grasp one end and roll it up, repeat with the other end.
• Alternatively foil pie plates may be used to cook foil packet meals.  Simply place the recipe ingredients in the pie plate and cover with aluminum foil before cooking.
• For best results cook the foil packet on a grill over the open fire.
• Use caution when handling the foil packet as it can become hot while cooking.

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Camping essentials for foil packet meals

• I love using these foil pie pans for all of my packet meals.
• These silicone tongs are perfect for flipping and grasping food.
• This Henckel Knife is my favorite for slicing and dicing in the kitchen.
• These grilling bags make clean up a breeze and these parchment paper bags are perfect for packaging.

Camping meal preparation ideas

• Prepare meals in advance at home whenever possible.  Leave most of the mess at home where running water is more accessible and clean up is easier.  Trust me on this one!
• Create “one pot” family style meals for quick dinners that don’t require a lot of thought. 
• Use tinfoil packets, foil pie pans or pie irons. These tools help to make clean up a breeze!
• Pack ingredients in 1 gallon size ziploc bags for flexible storage in small fridges and coolers.
• Plan meals that use similar ingredients to help make packing and planning easy.  These Cheesy Vegetable Campfire Dip, Loaded Campfire Potatoes and Tinfoil Packet Taco Salad recipes are some of my favorites.

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