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.

Many people who have spent any amount of time looking through the kitchen accessories aisle have probably come across the Dutch oven. And while this is a common staple among kitchenware, not many people could name the specific properties of a Dutch oven. With that in mind, a Dutch oven can be understood as any thick-walled cooking pot used in conjunction with a tight lid. Dutch ovens are most often constructed with a heavy duty material such as cast iron.

These products have made appearances in many different countries across the globe. To that end, in the Australian bush, they are known as a camp oven. The French version is known as a cocotte, and the British refer to it simply as a casserole dish. In the American colonies, this cooking pot went through many variations. As time progressed, the pot became increasingly shallower and legs were added so that the oven could be held over the coals. Opting for a more economical material, modern Dutch ovens often utilize ceramic or thick aluminum.