Peach Cobbler

Well, I finally decided it was about time to try to cook a desert. After all it was a desert that first piqued my interest in the Dutch oven.

So once again I turned to Byron Bill's website for a recipe. This time I settled in on the Fruit Cobbler Delight. The recipe can be found here. I have to admit that I did change one thing on this though. My wife doesn't like fruit cocktail so I substituted another 30 oz. can of peaches for the 30 oz. can of fruit cocktail.




Here are all of the ingredients ready to add to the pot (except the cake mix, I forgot to put it in the picture, whoops!). I had pre-measured the spices, sugar, and tapioca.





Basically you just dump the fruit, tapioca, and spices in and stir them around. You can see the result above.






Then you sprinkle the cake mix on top of the liquid, sprinkle the brown sugar on top of that, and dab butter all over. Now it's ready to go on the coals.





I cooked it with 12 coals on top and 12 on bottom per the directions and rotated the pot and lid every 10 minutes or so. I let it cook for about 55 minutes.

This is what you get, a fabulous peach cobbler. You can see a picture of it in a bowl approximately one minute prior to consumption at the top of this post. Warning though, this stuff is HOT!!! My waiting taste buds couldn't stand to wait for a cool-down, so now I have a scalded tongue . It was worth it though.

This is a great recipe, especially for folks who like fruit. I have a confession to make though. While I like fruit cobblers, I don't actually like to eat the fruit. I just like the crust and gooey stuff. So if I were cooking this just for myself I might cut it back to maybe one can of fruit to try and increase the crusty/gooey factor.

Also, while I have not yet had a hard time cleaning my Dutch oven, this sticky desert stuff has been harder to clean than the other things I have cooked . So, in the future, when cooking a desert, I may try to line the pot with foil.