Name: Campfire Garlic Bread
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 8 min
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, room temperature; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; pinch of salt; 4 gluten-free rolls, buns, or bread

Campfire garlic bread utilizes leftover rolls or bread and is prepared right over the fire. An easy camping side dish tastes like a gourmet camping recipe but is simple to make! Gluten-free.

This camping menu idea is really easy and makes a great side dish that the whole family will love.

I made this as a side for my One Pot Spaghetti on our last camping trip in Wyoming. My daughter enjoyed “roasting” it over the fire, and everyone loved the crisp, garlicky bread!

One pot camping meals: camping garlic toast shown in a red plastic dish on a picnic table

Works great using whatever leftover bread you have on hand – any thing from bread crust pieces to leftovers hamburger buns, or a fresh loaf of French bread.

Ingredients

Any kind of roll, bun, or baguette
Homemade Garlic Butter (see below)

Easy camping garlic bread shown next to a pot of spaghetti in a stainless steel pot on a picnic table

How To Make

Spread garlic butter onto rolls

Spread butter or the homemade garlic butter below onto the bread of choice.

Wrap bread in heavy-duty duty foil

Use heavy-duty foil to wrap the buttered bread or rolls.

Place on fire grate, next to coals, or on a grill

Place the tinfoil wrapped rolls onto the fire grate (no flames) or onto the bottom of the fire pit next to the coals.

Heat for 2-3 minutes or until the butter is melted and the rolls are warm and crusty

Set your timer for 2-3 minutes. Your camping garlic bread is ready once the butter is melted and the bread is warmed and crusty.

Foil garlic bread being heated over a campfire on a grate.

Try making the simple garlic butter below to make this recipe top notch!

Homemade Garlic Bread Spread

Soften 1 stick of butter
Add 2 tsp. minced garlic
Add a pinch of salt
Stir and store in the fridge
Use on garlic bread, roasted potatoes, or your favorite pasta

Related: Camping menu Ideas

We use this butter camping on garlic bread, roasted potatoes, or added to some cooked pasta for a kid favorite noodle dish.

CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

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