There are few greater joys in life than making bread with your kids over an open fire. You take three of the simplest ingredients on earth, add a little heat, and somehow end up with something golden and irresistible. Throw in some honey butter and suddenly you’ve got a family cooking memory that’ll trump any beige Hovis loaf.

This recipe is inspired by the legendary YouTube channel Outdoor Boys (a show we’ve watched an ungodly amount over the past few years) and it was about time we gave it a go on our dodgy home fire-pit. That’s the beauty of this recipe: you can do it camping, on a firepit in the garden, or even on the hob when it’s tipping it down outside.

Now, before you panic about sourdough starters or measuring scales that look like they belong in a GCSE science lab, chill Winston. This isn’t ‘artisan.’ It’s pan-fried campfire bread. It’s scrappy, fun and so simple the kids can do most of it while you pretend to supervise.

Step 1. Sack the mixing bowl.

Chuck the flour, salt and yeast straight into a ziplock bag and mix it up. This is now your mixing bowl, dough incubator, and stress ball all in one.

Step 2. Add water until it’s not wallpaper paste.

Splash in warm water a little at a time. Keep squishing until it looks like dough and not something scraped off your kitchen wall. Seal it up, slap it about a bit, then abandon it somewhere warm for a couple of hours. If it doubles in size, you’re officially a baker.

Step 3. Light the fire.

While the dough rises, spark up your campfire / firepit (or crank your hob if you’re at home). Use cotton wool pads smeared in vaseline as the firelighters if you need a DIY fix.

Step 4. Fry time.

Heat a good glug of oil in a pan. Tear off a hunk of your edible play-doh, flatten it into a rough circle, and slap it in. Cook each side for a couple of minutes until golden, puffed, and smelling so good the neighbours will start climbing the fence.

Step 5. Honey Butter Glory.

Grab some room-temperature butter (cold fridge bricks are a nightmare), stir in a few spoons of honey until it’s glossy and golden, then slather it straight onto your hot bread. Don’t be shy: the more it drips, the better it tastes. Sticky fingers, burnt lips, happy kids.

That’s it. No proving baskets, no sourdough lectures, no “is this the correct hydration percentage?” debates. Just bread, fire, butter, and bedlam. Exactly how food with kids should be.

And remember: life’s way too short for sliced bread.

p.s If you’re camping, pre-make the dry ingredients and then add the water once you’re pitched up and the caveman TV is firing up.