Does anyone use or know of a method to bake yeast loaves on top of a gas stove, or kerosene burner? Wanting to try a dry run just in case the electricity goes out (oven uses ele heat bar)? Maybe a portable light weight oven?

-- susan norfolk/wy (susan_norfolk@yahoo.com), November 01, 2001

Answers

you need somrthing to hold the heat,,like a dutch oven, or a metal box that you can put your bread loaf in

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), November 01, 2001.

Just looked at an old (70's) Mother Earth News, and saw an article about someone baking bread on top of a wood stove, I think. Should be about the same. I'll look it up again and post it--might be tomorrow, tho. Jan

-- Jan in CO (Janice12@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Susan, I know you can bake bread in a crockpot, so you must be able to do it on a stove top as well. Kind of the dutch oven approach.

-- Jennifer L. (Northern NYS) (jlance@nospammail.com), November 02, 2001.

When my oven was out of whack, I made my yeast bread dough, and instead of forming it into loaves, I made it into English muffins. Just cut into round flat buns, roll them in cornmeal, and allow to rise. Bake the English Muffins in a hot iron skillet, covered, and turn once. Really good for any kind of sandwich.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), November 02, 2001.

Susan--don't give up! I have a whole box of those old M.E.N.'s, and don't know which one had the article, I'm still looking, tho! Jan

-- Jan in CO (Janice12@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

Boy, I'm dating myself here. When I was very young and we lived upstairs at Grandma and Grandpa's house, my mother used a kerosene stove. It had no oven-just burners. My mother would use a black box with a shelf in it and it had a door that opened like a conventional oven. She'd put it on top of the stove and bake in it.

-- Ardie /WI (ardie54965@hotmail.com), November 02, 2001.

Thanks for the many nice answers. I do have all kinds of dutch ovens and hvy iron skillets just lack a vision. I also believe I can make rolls in a skillet. This black box on top of the stove is what I'm looking for. Where to buy one, need place and type. Geeze this forum is fun, I'm not the only poster that steps to a different tune.

-- susan norfolk/wy (susan_norfolk@yahoo.com), November 02, 2001.

Coleman makes a stove top oven box(camp oven) with a rack and thermometer. It folds up for storage. Walmart sells them for $29.

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 02, 2001.

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 02, 2001.

Dave! Too *kewl*! How did you do that picture posting thing?!

-- Susan (smtroxel@socket.net), November 02, 2001.

Wow! Who knew you could get one of these!!!I want one!!!

-- Ann Markson (tngreenacres@hotmail.com), November 03, 2001.

1st you find a picture hosted on a website.(the one above from walmart.com site), picture needs to be a small sized file(under 25k) or it will slow down loading of the topic.

copy the url of the picture. netscape- right click, 'copy image location'. ms explorer- right click on pic, 'copy shortcut', may need to edit out everything but the url.

type this out in your message board response, inserting the image url in it.

by the way, those Coleman ovens aren't very big, a bit over a cubic foot. Enough for a few loaves of bread though. I would think a large dutch oven or any large pot with lid(water bath canner?) with a rack in it would work ok.

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 03, 2001.

ok, I should have known that wouldn't work

type this out, adding < to the beginning, and > at the end. IMG SRC="insert_url_of_image_here"

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 03, 2001.

we have one of those stoves from coleman. they are made to sit on top of a camp stove, i have used it camping, and it works well. i would recommend it to any one to sit on top of a flat surface wood stove. the temp gauge is fairly accurate. ours must be 20 years old and still working

-- j schlicker (schlicker54@aol.com), November 04, 2001.

Boy, that picture brought back some memories! My mother's was black, but it certainly looked a lot like that. When we moved to Green Bay, Mom got an electric range and we got the oven to play with.

-- Ardie/Wi (ardie54965@hotmail.com), November 04, 2001.

Susan pre Y2K we taught lots of folks to think tortillas rather than bread. No yeast and if you think about it tortillas are much more versitile than bread! But yes in answering your question there is a steamed bread recipe on the crockpot board on groups.yahoo.com Vicki

-- Vicki McGaugh (vickilonesomedoe@hotmail.com), November 04, 2001.

yeah Vicki but tortillas can't compare to the smell of fresh baked bread ;)

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 04, 2001.

What could you use as a rack in a dutch oven?

-- Anne (HealthyTouch101@wildmail.com), November 04, 2001.

some dutch ovens are big enough to fit a cake rack(not sure if that's what they call them but they're racks about 9"x12" with about 1" legs) You could probably make something better out of coat hangers. Anything to keep an airspace under the breadpans so they're not sitting directly on the bottom of the dutch oven.

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 04, 2001.

they even make round ones that'd probably be a perfect fit for alot of dutch ovens. This one is 10" diameter.

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 04, 2001.

I make bread in a dutch oven all the time! 1st a bread pan won't fit, but a pie pan works great. They are right, you HAVE to keep it off the bottom. I use a cast iron trivet. Just be sure to preheat your kettle a little and watch it carefully. I also have a "pizza stone" and that works good too. As to the little box oven...they are great! I have one my Gramma gave me (30+ years old at least) and I've used it lots both in my house and in my camper. Made cinnamon rolls in it one year during hunting season and my husband accused me of trying to bait in the critters with the yummy smell. Must have worked, he arrived just as they were done. Good luck!

-- Parsley (www.parsleynot@home.com), November 04, 2001.

How about if you used canning rings in the bottom of a dutch oven and then you could just put in as many as you needed to cover the bottom of the size that you have. Those would work as well as a rack and everyone has them too. It wouldn't hurt them. Just a thought......

-- Nan (davidl41@ipa.net), November 06, 2001.