Dutch Oven Dutch Baby
Enjoy a show-stopping Dutch oven Dutch baby while camping with this simple recipe!
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Dutch oven
- 2 Zip top bags
- measure cups/spoons
- Heat Resistant Gloves
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon optional
- assorted toppings fresh fruit, powdered sugar, syrup, etc.
Instructions
- Start your campfire or heat up your grill so that your heat source is ready. Let the flames die out and the charcoals turn grey prior to cooking your food.
- Arrange enough of your coals in a circle to surround the Dutch oven without being touched by them. Carefully place your oven in the middle of the circle and preheat it while you get the batter ready.
- Add your eggs, milk, and vanilla into a zip top bag and smoosh together thoroughly.
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon in another zip top bag and mix.
- Carefully add dry ingredients to wet ingredients bag and smoosh until completely mixed and your batter looks frothy.
- Melt the butter in your preheated Dutch oven, making sure to completely coat the base of the Dutch oven.
- Pour batter into the Dutch oven and level it out. Then place the lid over the oven.
- With grilling tongs or a shovel, place a number of coals on the surface of the oven. Because we are baking our batter, we want to use the 3:1 ratio considered best for baking in a Dutch oven. This means we want three times as many coals on the lid as we need circling around the oven.
- Cook Dutch baby with the coals for about 20 minutes, rotating the lid one quarter turn every five minutes.
- Check to see if your batter is cooked. If so, remove the coals from the lid and take the pot away from the heat.
- If you are topping your Dutch baby with warmed fruit, add it now, place the lid back on, and let sit for five more minutes.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!