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Camping Berry Cobbler: Easy Dutch Oven Dessert

This simple recipe bakes up a warm, fruity cobbler right at your campsite. Perfect for a sweet treat after a day outdoors.

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Added September 9, 2026
Source: dirtygourmet.com
Camping Berry Cobbler: Easy Dutch Oven Dessert
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 45 min
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

  • •3 cups raspberries
  • •3 cups blackberries
  • •1 1/4 cups sugar
  • •1 unit lemon zest
  • •1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • •1 cup flour
  • •1/4 teaspoon salt
  • •1 stick butter

Equipment

  • • Campfire
  • • Microplane grater or zester
  • • Spoon
  • • Zip top quart size freezer bag
  • • 10-12 inch dutch oven

Instructions

  1. 1Combine the flour, 1 cup of the sugar, and salt in a zip-top freezer bag.
  2. 2In a second bag, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch.
  3. 3Prepare a cooking fire.
  4. 4Combine raspberries, blackberries, the sugar and cornstarch mixture, and lemon zest in a 10-12 inch dutch oven and mix well.
  5. 5Cut the butter into small cubes and add it to the zip-top bag with the flour mixture. Close the bag and massage the bag until the mixture looks crumbly and the butter is incorporated.
  6. 6Crumble the dough on top of the berry mixture.
  7. 7Cover the dutch oven with its lid and place in a bed of hot coals. Cover with the lid and place coals on lid.
  8. 8Bake until the juice from the fruit is bubbly and the topping is golden brown.

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