Dutch oven peach cobbler
Well I'm sure you all groaned when you read the title of this post. I mean come on, really, this is the recipe that you receive with almost any new dutch oven. But up until recently I've never tried it. So here's my first two attempts.
Here's the recipe I used and I tried to double it in my 10 inch DO.
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The first time I tried I wound up with a gray (at least by lantern light) peach juice cake mix gravy mixed with lumpy chunks of peaches.
It was really kind of comical to watch the kids come running up to the pot as the lid came off. Their big expectant smiles and sparkling eyes just melted away faster than a pat of warm butter in a hot skillet. :)
Of course we're talking peach juice, cake mix, and butter. It took some cajoling and some prodding, and maybe a few well placed "Dad" glares to convince them to try a teensy tiny drop on a spoon. But once this was accomplished the area around me turned into a free for all that reminded me of a scene from a piranha movie. :B
The next time I tried was last night in the back yard. I figured it wasn't hot enough the first time so I added one additional coal under the pot. I also drained half of the juice off. After 40 minutes the cake mix was looking done but there was juice bubbling up on the sides so I left it for another 10 minutes. and then another 10 minutes. I finally pulled it off as I figured I didn't want it to dry our and start burning.
It was moist and the cake mix firm and a bit moist with some big chunks of gooey cake mix. Overall it was tasty and gave me a stomach ache from eating too much. :B But, I'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to be. So I'm wondering, should the cake part be smoother or more uniform? Should I stir in the peach juice before cooking? Is this how it's supposed to be? Can/should I flip it over when done like a pineapple upside down cake?
Thanks
Here's the recipe I used and I tried to double it in my 10 inch DO.
Link
The first time I tried I wound up with a gray (at least by lantern light) peach juice cake mix gravy mixed with lumpy chunks of peaches.
It was really kind of comical to watch the kids come running up to the pot as the lid came off. Their big expectant smiles and sparkling eyes just melted away faster than a pat of warm butter in a hot skillet. :)
Of course we're talking peach juice, cake mix, and butter. It took some cajoling and some prodding, and maybe a few well placed "Dad" glares to convince them to try a teensy tiny drop on a spoon. But once this was accomplished the area around me turned into a free for all that reminded me of a scene from a piranha movie. :B
The next time I tried was last night in the back yard. I figured it wasn't hot enough the first time so I added one additional coal under the pot. I also drained half of the juice off. After 40 minutes the cake mix was looking done but there was juice bubbling up on the sides so I left it for another 10 minutes. and then another 10 minutes. I finally pulled it off as I figured I didn't want it to dry our and start burning.
It was moist and the cake mix firm and a bit moist with some big chunks of gooey cake mix. Overall it was tasty and gave me a stomach ache from eating too much. :B But, I'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to be. So I'm wondering, should the cake part be smoother or more uniform? Should I stir in the peach juice before cooking? Is this how it's supposed to be? Can/should I flip it over when done like a pineapple upside down cake?
Thanks
