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Monday, August 23, 2010

Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler and a Giveaway

Right now we are planning a extended family camping trip. Camping means cooking in a Dutch oven. :) And I thought I would share my favorite super easy dutch oven dessert recipe. I believed I learned this back at girl's camp...awhile ago.

Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler
1 large (20 oz) can of peaches (don't drain)
1  (12 oz) can of Sprite/ 7-Up/ Sierra Mist (just make sure it isn't diet.)
1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 lb butter (1 stick)
1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. Prepare charcoals (10 for the bottom and 14 for the top). 2. Spray inside of dutch oven with non-stick cooking spray. 3. Dump peaches with juice into dutch oven. 4. Sprinkle cake mix over peaches. 5. Cut butter into small chunks and distribute over cake mix. 6. Pour lemon-lime carbonated beverage of choice over cake mix. Don't stir! 7. Sprinkle with cinnamon. 8. Place lid over cake, cover with coals and allow to cook until cake is lightly browned on top and the sides pull away from oven (About 30-35 minutes) Test center with a toothpick. Cold leftovers make a great breakfast, if there are any.

And it's giveaway time! This month's giveaway is another $40 CSN gift certificate that you can use towards anything you please from one of their more than two hundred stores! Here's how to enter: 1. You must follow SecretsofMom and leave a comment telling me how (RSS, blogger, etc). For additional entries you can 2. Share your favorite dutch oven recipe in a comment below. 3. Share a great camping tip that you have. 4. Follow me on twitter. 5. Follow me on Facebook. This giveaway is open until August 31st, 2010. The winner will be announced Sept 1st. The winner will be selected using a random number generator. Only open to residents of the US and Canada. Canadian residents must pay international shipping rates at CSN stores.

94 comments:

  1. My favorite dutch oven use: pork chops with onions and apples on top, slow roasted over low heat for several hours. Yum! (Sorry, I don't use recipes -- just make it up as I go along).

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  2. A camping tip? Bring your dutch oven! Load it up and stick it in the fire to cook your food. It makes for a great dinner.

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  3. Hey,please count me in.I follow you on blogger and I wish I had a dutch oven,that thing seems awesome!
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  4. Here is my camping tip
    When it rains do not push on the tent as you are laying inside because it will leak even if it is water resistant!
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  6. camping tip. Bring tweezers. The ticks will always find you!
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  7. Oooh, peach cobbler sounds so good right now!

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  8. My favorite dutch oven recipe is the one for the 5 minute no knead bread. Great in a pinch when you need bread with dinner and don't want to run to the store. Plus it makes your house smell amazing!

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  9. Camping tip - save your lint from your dryer trap and use it as tinder to start your fire.

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  12. great camping trick have a really great Swiss Army Knife on hand !!! :)

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  13. I now follow you through Google friend connect. So happy to have found your blog! Thanks for the giveaway.
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  14. My favorite dutch oven recipe (I love, love camping)Apple crisp:
    6 apples
    2 tsp cinnamon
    2 tsp nutmeg
    3 cup quick oats
    1 cup flour
    2 cup brown sugar
    1 tsp baking powder
    2 tsp salt
    1 cup butter
    Slice apples. Mix apple slices, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Mix oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter to make crust.
    Press half the crust mix into the bottom and sides of the dutch oven. Pour the apples onto the crust. Cover apples with the rest of the crust mix.
    Bake covered about 45 minutes at 350 degrees, until top crust is light brown and apples are tender.

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  15. My favorite camping tip is to always have WAY more matches and kindling than you think you're going to need. The rain always gets us!
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  17. Dutch Oven Potatoes
    1 lb bacon
    2 lbs onions
    5 lbs potatoes
    Salt & pepper

    Slice bacon into one inch squares and cook in hot oven. Add sliced onions to bacon. When onions are slightly soft, add sliced potatoes, peeled or not. Bake for about 30-40 minutes, stirring once (stirring too often will make potatoes mushy). Salt and pepper to taste and garnish with shredded cheddar cheese.

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  19. my favorite dutch oven recipe is beef stew- we love to brown the beef and throw lots of root veggies in and cook until tender!

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  20. my camping tip is to bring a clotesline to hang wet towels!

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  22. I cook our first meal at home and bring with us when we go camping.
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  23. I have made apple and cherry cobbler this way the apple turned out better.(used can cherry and apple and 2cans sprit)
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  27. Camping Tip- Always Pack Matches, Toilet Paper, and Bug Spray.
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  28. favorite dutch oven recipe is cowboy chili with dumplings. I use chuck steak, cubed and ground beef, black beans, pink beans and chili seasoning. diced tomatoes, tomato paste and onions and garlic. I let it simmer for a couple hours then I use bisquick to make the dumplings, spooning them on top of the chili, cover and wait a few minutes and it is done.

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  29. camping tip- pack everything in individual bags or lidded containers and then pack those in a large lidded bin. No more rummaging, everything stays clean and dry.

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  31. I follow on twitter (although you should have the link on your homepage, I just had to guess and look around on Twitter!!) scg00387 at yahoo dot com

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  36. Pineapple Kielbasa
    2 lb. Kielbasa or smoked sausage, cut in 1" chunks
    2 lg. onions, cut in 3/4" wide strips
    3 lg. bell peppers, cut in 3/4" wide strips
    1 med can pineapple chunks in pineapple juice
    2 tbsp cooking oil
    Saute onions until they start to become clear. Add Kielbasa to onions and peppers. Add pineapple, including juice. Place lid on Dutch Oven. Cook at around 350 deg. for 35 min.
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  37. A frisbee will add support to paper plates when the plate is placed inside the frisbee.
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  38. Camping tip- take along some of your old extracts and use as a fire starter-sprinkle some on the firewood and it will help get it started and smells great too!

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  42. Great camping tip: a friend told me to save all the sample shampoos that you get from the mail and use those while camping, I have tons so that is going to come in very handy!
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  47. Here is my favorite recipe~

    Breakfast Casserole

    1/4 cube butter
    8 slices of bread
    2 lb pre-cooked pork sausage
    1 lb cheddar cheese
    12 eggs
    1 qt milk
    1-1/2 tsp dry mustard
    1 tsp salt
    Line a 12" dutch oven with heavy duty aluminum foil. (optional)
    Spread butter all over the foil.
    Tear bread into pieces.
    Break sausage into pieces.
    Grate cheese.
    In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, dry mustard, and salt.
    Layer the bread, sausage, cheese, eggs into the D.O.
    Cover and cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.


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    Check and cook another 10-15 minutes until cheese forms a light-brown crust on top of cooked eggs.

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  48. My camping tip~Take along some dryer lint.

    Every good camper has some. Every good campfire needs some.

    Nothing works better at starting a campfire from scratch than some good old fashioned clothes dryer lint! It's better than twigs. Better than wood chips. Better than shreds of paper. It's the cheapest, quickest way to start a fire!

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  50. Google Friend Connect Follower! {mom2anutball}
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  51. My camping tip is try out the bug repellent candles, they work amazing!

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  52. I follow you with google friend connect (Samantha Holcomb)

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  54. Crusty Peach Cobbler

    8 c Fresh peaches; sliced
    2 c Sugar
    2 To 4 tb all-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
    1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/3 c Butter or margarine
    Pastry for double-crust pie
    Vanilla ice cream
    Combine peaches, sugar, flour, and nutmeg in a Dutch oven; set aside until syrup forms. Bring peach mixture to a boil; reduce heat to low, and cook 10 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat; add vanilla and butter, stirring until butter melts. Roll half of pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut into an 8-inch square. Spoon half of peaches into a lightly buttered 8-inch square pan; top with pastry square. Bake at 475 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Spoon remaining peaches over baked pastry square. Roll remaining pastry to 1/8-inch thickness, and cut into 1-inch strips; arrange in lattice design over peaches. Bake an additional 15 to 18 minutes or until browned. Spoon into serving bowls, and top each with a scoop of ice cream. Yield: 8 servings.

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  55. The next time you go camping bring extra trashbags with you that you can carry when you go hiking or to the lake. Might end up saving an animal or to by removing trash.

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  56. Camping tip- Check the weather before you go so you can pack the appropriate clothing!

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  57. I am a follower through Google friend
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  58. I follow on GFC.

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  59. I follow you on blogger.
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  61. camping tip- make sure you bring tennie shoes and off for bugs
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  62. I follow you on GFC (cassie Dow)

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    I'd be happy to follow you via twitter and FB if you had any links to follow.
    Please share so that we can follow for more entries.

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  63. I follow you on facebook, I think. I pressed the "like" on facebook button.

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  64. Ok, sorry guys that I am somewhat technologically challenged. My facebook handle is Heather SecretsofMom and my twitter is SecretsofMom. I've been trying to put a button on my blog /s another feed, but no luck today. I'll try to get this remedied to make following easier for you guys.

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  65. camping tip: an old rolled-up memory foam mattress topper makes a great sleeping pad. Just cut to size.

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  67. I follow you on twitter.
    Heather there are twitter buttons that you can get on twitter. You just copy and paste the HTML into a html widget into your blog.

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  68. Follow via GFC sarah_roxy_21
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  69. My camping tip is to always take lots of paper towels. You never know when you are going to need them!
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  70. I follow on GFC.
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  71. follow via GFC (onecrypticmama)
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  72. my camping trip- pack a bottle of dish soap in a zipper bag- you'll always find a use for the soap, but will not be happy if it explodes on all your camping stuff & it's not contained in a bag
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  73. follow you on twitter (@crypticmama). Hehe- I did some searching through your blog for your twitter handle and then after I found it, saw your comment here ;)
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  74. follow gfc

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  75. Last year we did rolls in the dutch oven and they turned out so great! You just take Rhodes rolls and let them thaw. Before they raise roll them out in a snake and dip them in butter and parmesan cheese. Then you wind them around end to end in the bottom of the dutch oven and let them raise. Then you cook them. They are so yummy and easy to make!

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  76. like on fb

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  77. One camping tip I have is take baby wipes. They work great to clean up any thing or any one!

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  78. Follow you via Google Friend Connect

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  79. Camping tip: use an old towel as a door mat for wiping off feet before entering the tent.

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  80. Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
    Servings: 4-6

    Ingredients:
    1 whole chicken, cut up
    1 cup flour
    salt and pepper, to taste
    1 teaspoon rosemary
    1 teaspoon thyme
    1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
    1/4 cup oil
    1 can condensed soup, celery or mushroom

    Preparation:
    Cut up chicken into breasts, legs, thighs, wings and the back. Use the gizzards also. Mix flour with the spices, salt and pepper. Heat oil in Dutch oven. Coat chicken with flour mixture and fry in oil until slightly browned. Drain the leftover oil from the Dutch oven. Arrange all the chicken in the Dutch oven with largest pieces near the bottom and side. Cover with the can of condensed soup of your choice. Cover with lid and simmer over low heat for about one hour. If using hot coals, ensure that there are enough to keep the Dutch oven hot. When done remove chicken from the Dutch oven and use some of the leftover juices for a gravy.

    (not my own original recipe!)

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  81. follow thru GFC:)

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  82. Black Beans and Rice

    16 oz (1) pkg dried black beans;
    1 md Size green pepper; chopped
    1/4 c Onion; divided chopped
    2 1/2 c Qts water; divided
    2 cl Garlic; minced
    1/2 ts Dried whole oregano;
    1/4 ts Ground cumin;
    3 tb Vinegar;
    1 ts Salt;
    3 c Rice; cooked hot cooked without salt/fat

    Sort and wash beans. Combine beans, green pepper, and 2 tb onion in a large Dutch Oven. Cover with 6 cups of water, and soak overnight. Add remaining 4 cups water to Dutch oven; cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 2 1/2 hrs or until beans are tender. Combine remaining 2 tb onion, garlic, oregano, and cumin in a small bowl; mash mixture, using a fork. Stir in vinegar. Add vinegar mixture and salt to beans. Simmer, uncovered, an additional 20 minutes. Serve over hot cooked rice.


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  83. follow via GFC :)

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  84. 3 Minute Pizza Recipe
    Ingredients
    1 pkg. pita bread
    1 can spaghetti sauce
    1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
    1 pkg. sliced pepperoni
    Any other toppings as desired
    Cut pita in half and spoon spaghetti sauce into pocket spreading evenly. Add mozzarella and pepperoni and any other "toppings" you wish.
    Wrap in heavy duty foil and place in coals. Cook for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. (You just want it to get warm and to melt the cheese. For really hot coals this is plenty of time.)

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  85. Great camping tip--put up a tent back away from the wooded area and lake beds if possible cause when night falls--in comes to bugs and mosquitos--learned that the hard way :)

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  88. I follow you via GFC

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