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This yummy cobbler baked over campfire coals will make your taste buds turn cartwheels.
A Dutch oven is a heavy iron pot with a tight-fitting lid. It’s used for making all kinds of dishes, from beef brisket to sourdough bread. Although it’s too heavy to carry in a backpack, it’s perfect to bring along when you’re car camping.
Here’s What You Need
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 2 cans of fruit pie filling
- 1 can of lemon-lime soda
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- 12-inch Dutch oven
- Lid lifter for Dutch oven
- Heavy-duty aluminum foil
- Spoon for serving
- Extra-long kitchen tongs
- Thick leather gloves
- Charcoal (optional)
Here’s What You Do
- Let a campfire burn down to glowing orange coals or light a pile of charcoal.
- Line the inside of the Dutch oven with aluminum foil. This will make cleanup much easier!
- Spoon pie filling into the bottom of the oven. Layer cake mix over the top. Flake butter over everything. Pour in the soda, but don’t mix the ingredients.
- Put the lid on the oven and pull on leather gloves. With a grown-up’s help, use tongs to evenly space eight large coals (or charcoal briquettes) in a small circle and set the oven on top of them.
- Arrange 16 coals on the oven’s lid. Let the cobbler bake for 30 minutes, then lift the oven off of the bottom coals.
- Leave the top coals on the lid and bake for 15 more minutes or until the cobbler turns golden-brown.
Let the cobbler cool for 10 minutes — if you can wait that long!
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