Altoids Tin Bread Bake (Survival Bread)

Step 7 Cooking the Bread

Once everything is ready to go, set your stand up on a flat surface. Place your choice of heat under the stand and ignite it.

Place the Altoids tin on top of the rack and let the lid of the tin rest on itself so that if pressure builds, it wont explode. (This has never happened to me, but hypothetically it could!)

Depending on how much dough you put in the tin, the process of cooking your bread should take 12-15 minutes. The cooking time also takes into account how close or far away your flame is from the bottom of the tin. I like mine to be just under the tin without actually licking the bottom of it.

After about ten minutes of cooking look at your bread. The top of it should be starting to firm up. At 12 minutes take a toothpick and stick it in the center of the tin. If the toothpick comes out smoothly, with no batter stuck to it, then its safe to say your bread is ready! If your toothpick gets stuck, close the lid again and let it cook for another two or three minutes.

It is a good idea to let the tin cool for about 25-30 seconds. That should be enough time to cool it off if your flame wasn't touching the tin. Turn the tin over and tap the bottom of it until your bead pops out. If you didn't use olive oil, you may have to pry it out with a small stick or your fingers.

Comments

[KittyF]

Thought you're readers would like to know that if you have a fry pan with lid can act as an oven for bread or biscuits then you can cook more than one.  Don't know if that is pertinent or not.  I'm just remembering my own make do as a teen.  

[krcorcoran]

I wonder if this would cook in a mini solar stove... hmm. Why didn't you let the dough rest/rise before cooking it? wouldn't that produce more bread? Thanks!

[spark master]

this is not a yeast bread, they rise with time then with heating the yeast rises more then is killed off. This is a quick bread and has rising agent as baking soda/baking powder. good question though if you are a fat foodie like me ;-)

[simfire687]

no, it would just be softer and less compact, it would keep the same molecular structure though, so basically if you don't let it sit you are cooking a biscuit with the same nutrients as if you let it sit so it can be cooked into bread.

[nj4x4]

I have been trying out your idea, and have had no success for the first 3 tries at it. The problem I was having, I was using a Trangia Stove. The heat output was way too high. I took an unused paint can and cut the bottom off and used it to raise the baking tin higher than the flame. it seems to be making a better bread without the burn. If I can't make the bread I did however find the tin is very useful as a hand warmer. the bread inside stays warm for a very long time. I can put it in a clean sock or wrap it with some leaves and it will keep me warm while I sleep. I am now trying a tea light candle and I hope I have some success with that. Thanks for sharing!

[lil jon168]

lol hand warmer but that is a good idea

[lil jon168]

i used butter flavored pam and sprayed sum on top to give browness and flavor