Camping Recipes

This recipe was not one I created. My mom and a friend of ours make this one morning EVERY time we go camping, as a tradition. I forget where they found the recipe. I've seen it before in recipes, but they usually use jam instead of powdered sugar. And most of the time it isn't as good as this one! I borrowed it for when I went camping a couple weeks ago and it was a hit! My boyfriend and two other boys absolutely loved the sandwiches and gobbled them down. Sorry no pictures with this one!

Monte Cristos
Ingredients:
-Old fashioned White Bread
-Deli sliced turkey
-Deli sliced ham
-Swiss cheese, sliced
-Cheddar cheese, sliced
-Eggs, beaten with a fork
-Powdered sugar about 1/2 to 1 cup
-Oil or a Nonstick spray.

1. Make the sandwiches in this order: 1 slice of bread, 1 slice swiss cheese, ham, turkey, 1 slice cheddar cheese, 1 slice of bread. Really the only important part is that the cheese is on the outsides so that it melts easier. Tip #1: These sandwiches taste better if the meats are bought fresh from the deli. It doesn't really matter the brand or type of turkey, but peppered turkey might taste weird, because the rest of the sandwich is sweet.
2. Warm a campfire safe skillet (cast iron works great!) over the fire, and lightly oil or spray the pan.
3. Place the eggs in an extra wide mouthed bowl, or deep plate. It needs to be wide enough to fit the bread in easily.
4. In another plate, sprinkle powdered sugar. Place enough powdered sugar in the plate to cover the bottom.
5. Set the sandwich in the eggs to coat the outside of the bread. Pick up the sandwich and turn over. Place the dry outside of the sandwich in the egg mixture. Tip #2: Sometimes the eggs have clumps or "boogers" as I call them, I like to scrape these off of the bread if they are really thick, because they take longer to cook. The sandwich will taste great with or without them, though!
6. Place the sandwich in the pre-heated skillet, turning when the bread is lightly browned and the eggy bread is cooked through.
7. When both sides of the sandwich are cooked, place the sandwich on the powdered sugar plate to lightly cover both sides of the sandwich with powdered sugar. (This means you will have to pick the sandwich up and put the other side in the powdered sugar.) Tip #3: The powdered sugar will get firm from the warmth of the sandwiches, in between sandwiches break up the powdered sugar with a fork to freshen it up.

Tip #4: One of the boys said "gross" when he heard that the sandwiches were dipped in powdered sugar, but once he tried it he couldn't believe how good it was. However, some people do not like it with powdered sugar, but still like the sandwiches.

Tip #5: The Old Fashioned White Bread is really the best to use in my experience, but I've seen people enjoy these on other types of bread.