Everybody enjoys a delicious dessert every now and then. There’s no reason to cut desserts out of the menu just because you’re camping. There are many easy dessert recipes that can be made using your Dutch oven cookware right at your camp site. Surprise your fellow campers with dinner followed by a yummy dessert. Here’s a great recipe for Apple Tort to try:

Ingredients:
~ 1 ½ lbs apples
~ ½ cup butter
~ 1 cup sugar
~ 1 tsp. cinnamon
~ 2 premade piecrusts (9-inch size)

Equipment:
~ Dutch oven
~ Frying pan
~ Paring knife

Instructions:
Peel, core and slice apples, add them to a hot skillet with butter and sugar until apples start to caramelize, add cinnamon. Dish the apples into a 15″ foil-lined Dutch oven. Place both pie crusts overlapping over the top of the apples covering as much of the apples as possible. Place the Dutch oven on top of 12 live briquettes, adding 18 live briquettes on top for about 30-45 minutes, or until pie crust is golden brown. Dump onto plate, slice and serve.

Each spring and summer families from around the United States enjoy camping. One of the best parts about camping is eating food around the fire. Just don’t forget your camping cookware! Here a recipe for corn on the cob made on the campfire:

Ingredients:
~ corn on the cob, with the husks
~ butter
~ salt and pepper

Preparation:
Pull the husks back on each cob and remove the silk. Close the husks back around the cob. Dunk into a bucket of water and allow the ear to draw water up. Pluck from the water and wrap each ear of the corn in aluminum foil. Bury in the coals, or place on grill.