
Mountain Berry Cobbler
Yield
6-8 ServingsPrep Time / Cook Time
/Activity Guide
Car CampingIngredients
- 3 cups raspberries
- 3 cups blackberries
- 1 1/4 cup sugar, divided
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter
Tools
- Campfire
- Microplane grater or zester
- Spoon
- Zip top quart size freezer bag
- 10-12 inch dutch oven
Method
At Home
- Combine the flour, 1 cup of the sugar, and salt in a zip-top freezer bag.
- In a second bag, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch.
At Camp
- Prepare a cooking fire.
- Combine raspberries, blackberries, the sugar and cornstarch mixture, and lemon zest in a 10-12 inch dutch oven and mix well.
- Cut 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.
- Crumble the dough on top of the berry mixture.
- Cover the dutch oven with its lid and place in a bed of hot coals. Cover with the lid, and place coals on lid (see this temperature chart to get a 375 degree oven).
- Bake until the juice from the fruit is bubbly and the topping is golden brown.