Apricot + Strawberry Dutch Oven Cobbler

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What you’ll need:

10 apricots washed and quartered

1 pint of strawberries washed and halved

1/2 lemon (juice)

1/2 orange (juice)

3/4 C sugar (you can use stevia for a lower sugar recipe)

1 Tbsp butter (I use vegan)

1 Tbsp sugar

2 Tbsp flour (I use unbleached all purpose)

1 Tbsp brown sugar

2 Tsp cinnamon

1 container if refrigerated biscuits, I used buttermilk

What you’ll do:

In a large bowl combine apricots, strawberries, lemon juice, orange juice, 3/4 C sugar and flour

Pour this mixture into the Dutch oven

Place biscuits on top of the mixture evenly

Cut the butter into 8 chunks and place one on top of every biscuit

Sprinkle with brown sugar, regular sugar and cinnamon

Place Dutch oven over coals in the fire pit and let cook for 15 minutes

Check biscuits after 15 minutes, cook until golden brown

Serve and enjoy!!!
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Berry Cobbler

Berry Cobbler

What you’ll need:
4 large peaches (cut each peach into 8 pieces)
1 cup of blueberries, raspberries or blackberries
1/2 cup divided and 1 TBLS white sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 small carton of heavy cream
1/2 TBLS flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 TBLS vanilla

What you do:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Combine peaches and berries in a bowl
Combine 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon and cornstarch
Toss sugar mixture with berries and peaches
Combine egg, 2 TBLS melted butter and 1/2 carton of heavy cream
Whisk together with a fork and set aside

Mix flour, salt, baking powder and 1 TBLS of sugar
Slowly stir in egg mixture

Place fruit in a baking dish or pan (I use a bread pan but you could use a small glass baking dish or individual ramekins)
Cover fruit with dough mixture
Sprinkle with sugar
Bake for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown

While baking pour the rest of the heavy cream in a bowl
Add 1/2 TBLS vanilla and 1/4 cup of sugar and combine with a mixer until thickened (about 3 minutes)

Top cobbler with whipped cream and enjoy!!

I came across this recipe a while ago in a Martha Stewart Living magazine and love it. I alternate the berries, whatever is in season at the time.