The Ultimate FREE Sun Oven PDF

It is here the sun oven printable that contains everything you need to know to get started.  

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• What does the PDF contain? 
• How to get started with your sun oven
• 10 Things you need to know about cooking in your sun oven
• Rosemary Olive Oil Bread, and tricks for baking bread in the sun oven
• Slow Cooked Sun Oven Rotisserie Chicken, and how to use your sun oven like a slow cooker
• Sun Oven Pizza
• Sun Oven Chocolate Chip Cookies 

 
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Chocolate Chip Cookies Baked in the Sun Oven

Cookies are my favorite baked good.  So it is one of the first things I tried to bake in the Sun Oven.  It turned out to be a little tricky because: 

• The Sun Oven will not hold a traditional sized cookie sheet and therefore you are limited to baking 6 cookies at a time.  This can be overcome by stacking the cookie sheets or by using the dehydrating kit to stack four pans at a time.  Both options are a little tricky.
• When baking more than one pan of cookies at a time the pans need to be rotated half way through to ensure all the cookies get cooked.

To stack the cookie sheets. 

Place one cookie sheet in the bottom of the sun oven (self-leveler removed).  Rotate the next pan 90 degrees and place on top.  Rotate cookies half way through baking time, moving the bottom pan to the top.

To stack cookie sheets on the Dehydrating Kit racks.

If you have the dehydrating kit for you sun oven.  Get the racks ready.  When using the dehydrating racks you can bake 4 pans of cookies at a time.  The racks are a tight fit in the sun oven.  Be careful not to burn yourself. 

Working quickly place one cookie sheet in the sun oven, place a dehydrating rack on top of it.  Place another cookie sheet on top of the rack, repeat until full (3 dehydrating racks and 4 cookie sheets).  Close the sun oven and bake at 350 degrees.

After 6 minutes rotate cookie sheets, moving the bottom cookies sheet to the top and moving everything down one level.  Repeat every 6 minutes until all the cookies are finished baking, about 12 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies can be made in a traditional oven or in a sun oven. 

printable recipe
1 cup butter (soften)
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
2 cups chocolate chips

Kosher salt (optional)
Flax seed (optional)

Cream together butter, sugars, baking soda eggs, and flax seed.  Add vanilla and mix well.  Add flour and mix well.  Roll into balls and place on a greased cookie sheet.  Sprinkle lightly with Kosher salt.  Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.  Let cool.

 Makes about 36 cookies

Sun Oven Directions:

If using the dehydrating racks or if stacking pans then remove the self-leveler tray from your sun oven.

Preheat Sun Oven to 350 degrees. 

While oven is preheating, cream together butter, sugars, baking soda and eggs.  Add vanilla and mix well.  Add flour and mix well.  Roll into balls and place on a greased cookie sheet, be sure to use the size the fits in your sun oven.  I find I can get 6 cookies per sheet. 

To stack the cookie sheets.

Place one cookie sheet in the bottom of the sun oven (self-leveler removed) Rotate the next pan 90 degrees and place on top.  Rotate cookies half way through baking time, moving the bottom pan to the top.

To stack cookie sheets on the Dehydrating Kit racks.

If you have the dehydrating kit for you sun oven.  Get the racks ready.  When using the dehydrating racks you can bake 4 pans of cookies at a time.  The racks are a tight fit in the sun oven.  Be careful not to burn yourself. 

Working quickly place one cookie sheet in the sun oven, place a dehydrating rack on top of it.  Place another cookie sheet on top of the rack, repeat until full (3 dehydrating racks and 4 cookie sheets).  Close the sun oven and bake at 350 degrees.

After 6 minutes rotate cookie sheets, moving the bottom cookies sheet to the top and moving everything down one level.  Repeat every 6 minutes until all the cookies are finished baking, about 12 minutes

You might want to check out my Ultimate FREE Sun Oven PDF.

 

Solar Cooking in a Sun Oven--Day 1

Over the past couple of months I have been looking into how to cook when the power is out.   Last December a huge blizzard struck a local community.  The wind from the storm blew off roofs, the ice created deadly roads leaving the population home bound.  The snow was heavy enough to collapse power lines.  The power was down for almost a week.    My friend lost her roof and ended up eating a lot of cold food.

Those families affected by the storm were home bound without light, heat, or a way to cook. Consequently several families decided that they would try bringing their barbeque grills inside so they could have a not meal.  It almost killed them.  At least 2 families were poisoned by the fumes (luckily both families survived).

All of this got me thinking.  About my options for powerless cooking.  A while back I received a sun oven.  I have wanted one for quite a while but Sun Ovens are a pretty substantial investment so I had put it off.  Just after I got my Sun Oven I saw this presentation, by Paul the founder of Sun Oven International. 

 

 One of the things he says  in the video really struck me.  He said that most people that own a Sun Oven have never used it.  They buy it and leave it stored with their emergency supplies and hope to never need it.  I decided it get my sun oven out and start using it.   I’m so glad I did. Because it was harder to cook in the sun oven then I thought it would be.  I thought I would open up my sun oven and there would be great directions in it and I would set it up and cook dinner.

Sadly the first couple of things I cooked in the sun oven did not turn out.   Since then I’ve done a lot of research, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of cooking in my sun oven. 

I think that I have mastered the basics and I wanted to share the things I wish I had known before I started cooking in my Sun Oven. 

I have created a printable version of this post and the others that I will share this week.  At the end of the week I'll post it.   So if you do have a sun oven and you don't want to use it unless there is an emergency or TEOFWAWKI  then print this off and stick it in the box with your sun oven.  Trust me the instructions included with the sun oven are lacking (and all on CD). 

Preparing a Sun Oven for Cooking

Prep Work

The first time you use your sun oven there is a little prep work. 

1.      Carefully remove the blue protective film that covers the reflectors.

2.      Heat a pan of soapy water inside the sun oven.  Using the soapy water wash the inside of the oven well.  Be sure to pay special attention to the glass and the seal next to the glass.

Pre-Heating your Sun Oven:

To pre heat the sun oven, find a location where there is unobstructed sun access. Open the reflectors and position your oven so that the shadows fall evenly on either side of the oven, and the glass door has the full sun’s rays. (You may need to adjust the oven as you are cooking.)  The glass should be held securely against the rubber seal using the small silver fasteners.  Pre heating is necessary when you do bread, cakes and other foods that rise, but it is not necessary for most casseroles. 

You might want to check out my Ultimate FREE Sun Oven PDF.

Sun Oven

Have you heard of the Sun Oven?  

I went to an emergency preparedness fair a while back and saw a Sun Oven demonstration.  I was blown away.  It was the middle of February and was over cast.  The sun worked amazingly well.  I spoke to a few people in the class about it and those that had a sun oven already said they loved it and that it worked very well in the cold northern climate I live in, even in the winter.  The more I thought about it the more I thought that the Sun Oven is the perfect answer to the problem of cooking my food storage in the event of a long term loss of power.  

What is the Sun Oven? 

It is a solar oven that allows you to cook, boil, steam, roast, and bake various foods at cooking temperatures of 360^oF.   The oven includes a thermostat to show its internal temperature.  Once the oven is heated, it has the same cook time as a conventional oven.  The sun oven weighs just over 20 pounds and is designed to be portable. 

I think they are something that everyone should think about adding to their emergency supplies. 
 
The video below is an in depth explanation of the sun oven, how to use it, tips and tricks.   Let me tell you that if you watch this video you are going to want one.