Category: Dessert Recipes

Great recipes for making desserts that you cook outdoors

Cooking Baked Apples

Baked apples are a fun, easy dessert to cook in the fire when you’re camping.  The basic idea is to core of the center of the apple, fill the center with a filling, wrap the whole thing in foil, and cook it in the fire. To core an apple, I take a paring knife and, …

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Three Easy Dutch Oven Desserts

Dutch oven desserts are one of my favorite and easiest dishes to cook in your dutch oven. Here are three easy dutch oven desserts to get you started.

Lemon Bars

If you like Dutch oven desserts, here is a great lemon dessert recipe. Lemon Bars Author: Doug Darling Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 cup soft butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar Dash of salt 6 eggs, beaten 3 cups sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 …

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Baked Stuffed Apples

Baked apples in the first dessert I learned to cook outdoors, but I was doing it in foil and on a campfire. This Dutch Oven Baked Stuffed Apples recipe will be much easier than that! Baked Stuffed Apples #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour …

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Honey Doughnuts

1 envelope dry yeast 1/2 cups warm water 3 cups flour 1 egg, beaten 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbs oil 1 tsp sugar cooking oil cinnamon honey Dissolve yeast in warm water, mix with other dry ingredients. Knead or several minutes and set aside in warm place until dough doubles, about 2 hours.  Roll flat, …

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Pecan Caramel Rolls

A Dutch oven once again shows its versatility with this recipe for Pecan Caramel Rolls. Pecan Caramel Rolls #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 30 mins Ingredients 1 tube of refrigerator biscuits (10 count) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 stick butter or margarine Chopped pecans Cinnamon …

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Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

Your Dutch oven is a great tool to use for deep frying food. It holds the heat very well, which is a big help when you are frying. You can use it to cook donuts! Think about having fresh donuts when you are camping. All you need to do is take several tubes of refrigerator …

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Dutch Oven S’Mores

S’Mores are a campfire classic and favorite. Who hasn’t roasted a marshmallow over the campfire and then combined it with graham crackers and chocolate pieces for a delicious camping night-time treat? Here is a recipe for making S’Mores in your Dutch oven. It’s not the same–I know. But this recipe is tasty, nevertheless, and worth …

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