Doughboys

So...when I wrote about our beach trip I promised a post about dough boys. Well, a promise made is a promise kept no matter if it takes 2 months to do it! Hopefully you'll still have a chance to try these out. First thing you have to do is make a dough boy stick. You'll need a long dowel for the handle, and an even bigger dowel to somehow attach to the end of that (see square one of the pictures). I'm guessing you can make it yourself or find someone who has some knowledge of drilling and gluing and sanding and stuff. We like a bit bigger dowel for the end, like the one on the left. O.k. Next, buy the ingedients which are:

1. pillsbury cresent rolls, divided into rectangles, with the seams pressed together. (you know, how the 2 triangles make a rectangle)

2. butter

3. some type of filling. I'll get into this later

Now, get your campfire nice and roaring, then let it die down until you have nice hot coals. Take your dough boy stick and rub butter all over the end (remember, it's the BIG end of the stick). You should only have to do this the first time or until the stick is 'seasoned' enough that the dough won't stick. Now take the dough and kind of wrap it around that part. You want to make sure you wrap it around the end, and to not have holes on the sides...nice and smooth like all over. Try to get it evenly spread out so you don't have doughy parts. Do not wrap it around the part where the two dowels are connected. You'll need to be able to get this baby off later on! See square 2 of the photo below.

Now, cook it until it's so golden brown you'll think you just got it out of the bucket at the end of the rainbow. You can see one in photo 3 just being placed over the fire. We couldn't wait for the coals! When it's nice and golden it should be cooked through. See photo number 4. Her's is just about done! Now, carefully slide it off of the stick and fill it up. Here are a few suggestions:

* apple, cherry, or lemon pie filling

*chocolate pudding

*strawberry jam

*whipped cream

* just about anything

We were talking that you could have these at breakfast and put eggs and bacon in there, or have it at dinner and fill it with taco meat and cheese and all that good stuff. I hope you like them, and that these instructions were enough to get you started. Let me know how you like them and what your favorite filling is. And if you had one and want to testify to their absolute wonderfulness, leave a comment! :)

P.S. I'm sorry these pictures aren't a better tutorial. I kept thinking we'd have a chance to make them again and we just haven't so I went through our beach pictures and found these. Hope it's enough because they seriously are so good!