A cobbler is like a messy pie. You don't need to worry about a perfect crust or neat slices. A great substitute when you're in a hurry. Or lazy.
A Cobbler is a traditional dish in both the United States and the United
Kingdom, although the meaning of the term is quite different in each
country. In the United States, it is usually a dessert consisting of a
fruit filling poured into a large baking dish over a batter that rises
through when baking. The batter forms as a dumpling within the cobbler
as well as a crust for the top. In the United Kingdom, a cobbler is
usually a savory casserole covered in individual scones or biscuits.
Although the cobbler recipes here
have specific fruits and dough described, a cobbler is very
forgiving and can be substituted, modified, and cobbled together in
almost any combination. So feel free to use the batter
from one recipe with the fruit of another, or substitute any fruit
you have on hand.
One of the Boy Scouts camping traditions is enjoying hot cobbler fresh from the Dutch oven - a simple pleasure of cake mix and fruit filling cooked with hot coals. The basic recipe is: Pour fruit filling and pastry stuff into Dutch oven. Cook with hot coals until done. Genius. Scouts are a resourceful bunch, so there are many variations on the recipe using cake mix, ready-made pie crusts, soda, canned fruit...anything tasty you can throw in and make a pastry with. Here's one basic recipe:
1 can of soda (Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, etc.)
1 box of cake mix or muffin mix
Can of
(OR: skip the soda and use refrigerated pie crusts)
Equipment Needed:
10-inch Dutch oven
Aluminum foil
Line Dutch oven with Aluminum foil
Mix jiffy cake mix and soda
Mix the filling in
Bake for 20-30 minutes with 12-15 coals on top and 8-10 on bottom
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