Red,White&Blue Cobbler

Here is a quick and easy recipe, that is quickly becoming one of our favorite cobbler recipes, at our house. Plus if you buy the pie filling in the mason jars, it gives you extra canning jars to put up your tomatoes during the summer. I cook this in a 14"- 9 Quart Dutch Oven,alot of times in the kitchen oven. You can use a 12" dutch oven also.

RED, WHITE & BLUE COBBLER

12'' DUTCH OVEN

INGREDIENTS:

2 cans of Cherry or 1 Quart of Cherry pie filling
2 cans of Blueberry or 1 Quart of Blueberry pie filling
1 Stick of Butter
1 Ziplock Bag or Bowl
1 Tub of Cool Whip

DIRECTIONS:

Take cake mixes out of the box, mark with a magic marker dividing each bag into thirds.
Spray oven with Pam.
Dump a third of each bag into the dutch oven. Spread even across bottom of oven.
Dump Blueberry pie filling ontop of dry cake mix, and spread even across the top.
Dump another one third of the cake mix bags, on top of the blueberry topping you just put down.
Dump Cherry pie filling on top of the dry cake mix you just put down, and spread evenly across the top.
Dump the remaining 1/3 of the dry cake mixes on top of the Cherry pie filling.
Cut pats of butter and place them all over the top of the top layer of dry cake mix.
Bake at 350 or until cake is golden usually for 75 minutes.
Let stand for 10 or 15 minutes. Serve with Cool Whip topping

Posted by Randy Patten

Mississippi Mud Cake

This is one of the kids favorite deserts, we make in a dutch oven, at camp and at home in the kitchen oven. Line your dutch oven in tinfoil for easier clean up. I usually double layer it, laying it down in seperate directions. Pressing it tight in the edges of the oven.

Mississippi Mud Cake:

1 yellow cake mix; prepared as directed

Mud:
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup hot water
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon

Topping:
10 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans
powdered sugar




Line the bottom and sides of a 12" Dutch oven with heavy foil. To the oven add prepared cake mix.

Prepare The Mud: In a separate bowl combine all "Mud" ingredients and stir until well mixed. Pour mud mixture over the cake batter.

Bake: Cover Dutch oven and bake using 8-10 briquettes bottom and 14-16 briquettes top for 60-90 minutes replenishing coals after 60 minutes if cake is not done. Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans over top of cake about 5 minutes before cake is done.

Dust top of cake with powdered sugar just before service.

Serve warm with whipped cream.

Serves: 10-12


Or you can cook it in the kitchen oven @350 degress 60-90 minutes.Use a toothpick to tell when done. Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans 5 minutes before the cake is done.

Recipe by: Byron Bills
Posted by: Randy Patten

Award winning Citrus Glazed Banana Squash

I cooked this up a few years ago for Thanksgiving in my dutch oven, and the kids, and grandkids even the squash haters, loved it.

Award winning Citrus Glazed Banana Squash

Prep Time:
5 MinCook Time:
7 MinReady In:
12 Min
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Original Recipe Yield 6 servings
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds banana squash, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons water, or as needed
1 tablespoon orange juice
3 tablespoons apricot preserves
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
Directions
1.Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add squash cubes and water. Cover, and cook for about 5 minutes, or until squash is tender. Stir occasionally, and add more water if necessary to prevent squash from sticking to the pan.
2.Reduce heat to low, and stir in the orange juice, apricot preserves, cloves, salt and pepper. Cook and stir uncovered until squash is evenly glazed.
Posted by Randy Patten

Yummy Potatoes

This is a quick and easy and tasty recipe for potatoes, that I always make for family gatherings, and it is always a hit. If you don't want to use a dutch oven, you can cook them in the oven, in a glass cooking bowl.

Yummy Potatoes
1 lb. extra lean ground beef 1 cup sour cream
1 yellow onion; diced 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup butter salt and pepper to taste
6 medium potatoes; grated 1/2 cup milk
1 can cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup Ritz cracker crumbs

Preheat a 12" Dutch oven using 18-20 briquettes bottom heat. To hot oven add butter, ground beef, and onions. Saute until beef is brown and onions are soft. Add potatoes and stir to mix. Place lid on Dutch oven and bake using 10-12 briquettes bottom and 14-16 briquettes top for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes start to soften.

In a bowl combine soup, sour cream, cheddar cheese and milk. Stir to mix. Season with salt and pepper. Pour soup mixture over potatoes and stir gently to mix. Sprinkle cracker crumbs over top of potatoes. Replace lid and continue baking for 30 minutes.

Serves: 10-12

Recipe courtesy of Karen Bills of Price, UT.

Posted by Randy Patten

Vera's Baked Beans in a Dutch Oven

This is one of several Dutch Oven Bean recipes I cook up:It is one of our families favorites:

Vera's Baked Beans
1 lb. lean ground beef 1/2 cup catsup
1/2 lb. bacon 16 oz. Homestyle® Chili Sauce
1 large yellow onion; diced 2 Tbs. prepared mustard
1 small green pepper; diced 1/2 lb. pre-cooked ham; cubed
1/2 cup brown sugar (2) 31 oz. cans pork and beans

Heat a 12" Dutch oven using 18-20 briquettes bottom until oven is hot. Add ground beef and cook until brown. Remove browned beef and drain grease.

Cut bacon into 1 inch slices and place in oven and fry until brown. Add onions and green pepper and saute until onions are translucent. Drain off excess fat. Reduce briquettes on bottom to 12-14. Add browned beef, brown sugar, catsup, chili sauce, and mustard. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add ham and beans. Cover and add approximately 15 briquettes to the lid. Simmer for 2 hours stirring every 15 minutes.

Serves: 12

This recipe has been handed down by Vera Sorensen of Manti, Utah. It is loved by everyone who has tried it. You'll love it too! Posted by Randy Patten