Cobbler recipes are pretty universal, but this one is always a camp favorite for me and my friends.  All you need is:

• A dutch oven (duh)
• Some pliers (for grabbing the hot dutch oven)
• Aluminum Foil (optional, but makes clean-up a breeze)
• Eating utensils (spoons, plates, etc.)
• 2 boxes of yellow cake mix
• 2 large cans of peaches (substitute your favorite canned fruit here, if peaches aren’t your thing–apples are also excellent)
• 1 stick of butter
• A campfire

The very first thing you do, before you do anything else, is get a good fire going with some awesome coals.  Charcoal is acceptable for cooking on, if you have it (it certainly makes it easier to control your dutch oven’s temperature).

Alright, so after you have your fire or charcoal going, line your dutch oven with aluminum foil; this isn’t necessary, but does make it easier to clean your dutch oven when you’re done.

Next, pour both boxes of cake mix into your foil-lined dutch oven. It won’t look very cobbler-like at this point, but don’t worry; we’re getting there.

After pouring your cake mix into the dutch oven, open your two large cans of peaches; pour these cans–syrup and all–on top of your cake mix.  Save the cans for discarding trash later.

Now, stir your cake mix and peaches together. It’s difficult to mix these thoroughly enough; if you scrape the bottom of the dutch oven with a spoon, the foil could tear, and that’s not good.  Just take your time, and keep stirring until you’re confident there is no dry cake powder left in the bottom of the oven.

Once the batter is mixed, throw in a stick of butter; you can cut the butter into the mix or you can throw it in whole–you decide.

Our cobbler is now ready for baking. If you’re using charcoal, this is incredibly simple: Place the lid on your dutch oven, and position 12-14 coals on top; place another 10-12 coals underneath the oven. Cooking will take roughly 45 minutes to an hour, but check the cobbler regularly to ensure it’s neither burning nor cooking too slowly. Note: you may have to remove some coals during the cooking process if the cobbler looks like it might burn; you might have to add additional coals to the oven if the coals you’re using burn out.

When it starts to look golden on top and around the edges, you’re almost there. Stick a knife or toothpick in the center of the sobbler; if it comes out fairly clean, you’re done; you may have to perform this test a few times.

When done, pull the oven off the coals, and set it aside to cool for a little while; this cobbler will burn your mouth if you don’t.

Now all that’s left to do is pull the lid off and serve. Cobbler like this will feed a large group of people; it’s an excellent dessert, and goes great with ice cream (if you happen to have ice cream with you when you’re camping).

When you’re done enjoying the cobbler, peel the aluminum foil out of the dutch oven, and compact it into the empty cans I mentioned earlier; this saves space and makes trash-management easier.