Campfire Goodness

Craig came home from his visit with Mike, Rachel, Skyler, Brooklynn, and Ryan. with a special surprise, blackberries!  It would have been better if it were grandchildren, but berries would have to do.  Blackberries are available for picking in parks and along roadsides.  Craig's carry-on luggage held the berry bounty. 

This past Friday we went to the ward's campout.  We made blackberry cobbler in our dutch oven.  It was YUMMY and many campers stopped by for a taste.  Here is our recipe:

Berry Cobbler

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Prepare at home and take in three separate Ziploc bags: 

Cobbler: Combine until butter is distributed and the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter
• 5 Tablespoon instant dry milk powder

OR

• 2 cups baking mix (Bisquick)
• 4 tablespoons sugar

Berry mixture:

• 6 -8 cups of fresh or frozen berries (blueberries, blackberries, or triple berry mix are good choices)
• 3/4 cup sugar (less or more to taste, depends on how sweet the berries are and how sweet you would like your cobbler to be)
• Zest of 1lemon (about 1 teaspoon)
• Juice of 1 lemon (about 3 Tablespoons)
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 Tablespoons instant tapioca (best if you can whirl it in a spice grinder or blender to eliminate any chance of “fish eyes”)

Cinnamon Sugar mixture:

• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

At the campsite:

• light 26 charcoal briquettes
• Empty berry mixture into a Dutch oven
• Pour 1 cup of water into the cobbler mixture, reseal the bag squish until the batter is just moistened. (If you want you can use 3/4 cup water and 1 egg)
• Drop batter in small mounds on top of berry mixture
• Sprinkle mounds with cinnamon sugar
• Cover with lid and place briquettes underneath (10) and on top (16) of the Dutch oven and bake for 35-45 minutes, until the top is browned.