Dutch Oven Campfire Cobbler

This is for a deep 12 inch cast iron Dutch oven. Amounts are approximate, use whatever size cake mix and pie filling you have, easily double the recipe for bigger crowds.  It is not a crime to line your Dutch oven!  Foil or purchased.  Some people Mix the cake mix with Sprite or Ginger Ale to make a stiff dough.  Don’t tell anyone but this ill work in a pan in the oven.

Ingredients:

  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix or 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
  • 1/2 c butter
  • 2 (21 oz) cans fruit pie filling
  • cinnamon, to taste
  • 25 charcoal, briquettes (at least)

Directions:

  1. Place Dutch oven over approximately 15 charcoal briquettes or over coals on a flat spot in the fire ring.
  2. Empty pie filling into Dutch oven.
  3. Spread dry cake mix on top of pie filling and spread evenly.
  4. Sprinkle with cinnamon to taste.
  5. Cut butter or margarine into even sized pieces and arrange on top.
  6. Put lid on Dutch oven.
  7. Arrange 10 hot charcoal briquettes in a checkerboard pattern on top or scatter hot coals over lid.
  8. Bake until done (this could be anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes depending on how hot your fire/coals are).

Serves: 8

Source:  Genius Kitchen – Recipe by MommyMakes

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