Recipe By : Allen Heaton (Hurricane Heritage Cookbook)
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Dutch Oven
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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fruit or berries
water
sugar
yellow cake mix
walnuts -- chopped
Any kind of fruit or berries can be used. My favorite is black or
boysenberries, freshly picked. Wash the berries in cold water. Oil the
pot and put about 1/2 inch of water in the bottom. Sweeten berries to
taste then sweeten a little more. Some berries taste sweet enough fresh
off the vine but in pies or cobblers they come out too tart, so be
generous with sweeteners. Pour fruit in pot. I usually use a yellow
cake mix, but I like a lemon or butterscotch for variety. Mix the cake
mix according to directions, stirring in a generous amount of walnuts.
Since moving to Hurricane, pecans have taken the place of walnuts at
times. Spread evenly over fruit. Ken says to be a dutch oven cook you
have to get your fingers into it, so spread batter with fingers if you
want to be professional! Anyway, you want a little of your character in
your food. Cook with low heat on the bottom, higher on top. Check
often.
