Guanella Pass Pancakes

Last weekend, after working at Summit Lake on Mt. Evans, I went camping with Claire and Linnea. We drove up through Georgetown towards Guanella Pass to the sweetest little campground between two creeks. We had an amazing dinner and then turned in pretty early, but not before seeing a spectacular shooting star!

The next morning we had AWESOME pancakes for breakfast. Made over a fire. From scratch. Yummmmmmm :) This recipe is great for car camping. Prepare your ingredients ahead of time for easy cooking at camp, less mess and warmer hands at altitude.

Jenni's Guanella Pass Pancakes
Makes 2-3 servings, can double

1 cup unbleached flour
1 TBS brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 dash salt
1 large egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 small bowls
butter
toppings of your choice
leakproof containers
mess kit
campfire with grate
camping pan
spatula

AT HOME:
1. Whisk all dry ingredients together in bowl and pack for travel
2. Whisk 1 egg in another bowl and pack in leakproof container

3. Add your dry mix, egg, butter, toppings, buttermilk, mess kit, pan, and spatula to your gear pile.
4. Go camping!

AT CAMP:
1. Level your fire grate
2. Add some butter to your pan and heat over fire
3. Empty dry pancake ingredients into bowl
4. Add 1 cup buttermilk to dry ingredients and mix with fork, just until combined
5. Make pancakes over the fire!

6. Add a little more butter to the pan between each batch and enjoy.

I cut up 1 quart of organic strawberries and froze them the night before leaving home. By the time we were ready to eat them, they had juiced and thawed and were the perfect topping for these light, fluffy, buttery pancakes.