Campfire Apple Cobbler

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Campfire apple cobbler recipe made with simple ingredients and baked right over the fire in a dutch oven.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Camping Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 298kcal

Ingredients

2 honey crisp apples
⅓ cup water
¼ cup sugar
juice of half a lemon
1 TBS flour
pinch of cinnamon

Cobbler topping

1 cup flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
⅓ cup sugar
½ tsp salt
6 TBS cold butter
⅓ cup milk
sprinkling of sugar

Instructions

In a bowl add two diced apples, ⅓ cup water, ¼ cup sugar, juice of half a lemon, 1 TBS flour and a pinch of cinnamon. Mix to combine.
In a separate bowl add 1 cup flour, 1 ½ tsp. baking powder, ⅓ cup sugar, and ½ tsp. salt. Mix to combine. Cut in 6 TBS cold butter using a fork until it resembles crumbs. Add ⅓ cup milk and mix together.
Place a bit of butter to the pan and add the apple mixture in the cast iron skillet. Add biscuits on top and sprinkle with a dusting of sugar. Cover with lid and place on grate over the campfire.
Bake in the dutch oven over the campfire for approximately 25-35 minutes. Using heat safe gloves check for doneness and continue to cook until biscuits are fully cooked through.
Remove from heat using heat safe gloves and allow to cool slightly. Serve with vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, toasty gooey marshmallows, or just as is. Enjoy!

Notes

Note- For easier clean up you can pour apple mixture into an 8x8 tin foil pan. Top with biscuits and dust with sugar. Find 4 rocks and place on bottom of dutch oven to raise up the tin foil pan and allow the heat to circulate. Add 8x8 tin foil pain inside the dutch oven and cover with lid.

Baking time will very based on the heat of the campfire. Always practice safety while cooking over the fire and use heat safe gloves.

For this recipe we used this 3 in 1 cast iron dutch oven.

Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will very based off of brands of ingredients used an cooking methods.

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