Delicious Boy Scouts Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler Recipe
Planning an upcoming family camping trip? Bring this Boy Scouts Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler Recipe with you. This amazing cobbler recipe has everything we love and it is even better when you share it with friends and family.

Let’s make Boy Scouts Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler recipe
Every year for Thanksgiving we take off for the lake and spend a week at a cabin in a national park we love. This year, we were inspired to take our favorite Boy Scout recipe with us for our Campsgiving adventure.

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Boy Scout Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler recipe ingredients
- 2 (16 ounce) cans peaches in heavy syrup
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
Directions to make boy Scout Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler recipe
Step 1
Line a 12 Dutch Oven with heavy-duty foil. We totally skipped this in our brand new Boy Scout Lodge Dutch Oven and had no issues!
Step 2
Pour peaches into the bottom of one Dutch Oven. Spread evenly.
Step 3
Sprinkle the peaches with cinnamon.
Step 4
Pour the dry cake mix evenly over the peaches. Do not stir.
Step 5
Cut butter into small pieces and place on top of the cake mix. We forgot to bring something to cut the butter so I had to break it up with my fingers!
Step 6
Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
Step 7

Place lid on the Dutch oven and bake using 8-10 briquettes bottom and 14-16 briquettes top for 45-60 minutes rotating oven and lid 1/4 turn in opposite directions twice through the baking process…

Step 8

Serve in a bowl with a spoon so you can slurp up all the peach cobbler goodness. If you happen to have some ice cream, that makes it even better!
our experience making boy scouts dutch oven peach cobbler recipe
We found this recipe for cobbler from a local scout troop in our community. We have lots of festivals and fairs and it is common for the Boy Scouts to be serving peach cobbler as a fundraiser. In the community where I live, scouts are extremely active and contribute tons to our community.
When my husband and I first tasted it, I was waddling around 8 months pregnant with my second child at a local fair and we were both shocked how good it was. So shocked in fact that I made my husband get back in line to get a serving for himself because I decided the bowl of cobbler we were going to share was all mine.
Later we found out how easy the recipe was and it has been on our family tradition list ever since.
Getting outside with our kids is a priority for our family. Not only is it great for their health, but it is also great for their dispositions – and it does amazing things for our family connections.
When you get together with your family and friends this Thanksgiving, don’t let the fun stop at the dining table. Let’s be honest, any food you eat outside always tastes better. This Boy Scout Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler is no different. Cooked over hot coals, it is the perfect accompaniment to a day full of scouting adventure – or a day of geocaching, which is what my kids love to do when we go camping.
Boy Scouts Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler Recipe

This Dutch oven peach cobbler recipe is a recipe you are going to love on a camping trip. It is made of peaches with a cinnamon aroma. Inspired by the American boy scouts to make this meal a tradition. You can do it on your future family camping trips too.
Ingredients
- 2 (16 ounce) cans peaches in heavy syrup
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
Instructions
- Line a 12 Dutch Oven with heavy duty foil. We totally skipped this in our brand new Boy Scout Lodge Dutch Oven and had no issues!
- Pour peaches into the bottom of one Dutch Oven. Spread evenly.
- Sprinkle the peaches with cinnamon.
- Pour the dry cake mix evenly over the peaches. Do not stir.
- Cut butter into small pieces and place on top of cake mix. We forgot to bring something to cut the butter so I had to break it up with my fingers!
- Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
- Place lid on Dutch oven and bake using 8-10 briquettes bottom and 14-16 briquettes top for 45-60 minutes rotating oven and lid 1/4 turn in opposite directions twice through the baking process.
- Serve with the scouts or with your whole family and enjoy!
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Did you make this delicious Boy Scouts Dutch Oven peach cobbler recipe? What did you and your family think about it? Let us know in the comments below!
I’ve made this several times only without the cinnamon. I have also tried different fruits blueberries are my new favorite plus I dump in a 16 oz. Bottle of sprite or 7-up on top of the as the final ingredient. I’ll be doing this for our family reunion next weekend. Not sure why the rotation of the lid and Dutch oven because I think the heat is pretty even. Growing up with scouting and cooking outside with Dutch ovens has been a fun part of my life. You can cook anything in them. Thanks for your article
Yum! Love your suggestions!
If I wanted to do this in a standard oven, do you think 50 minutes is enough time?
This looks amazing! How many scouts will this feed?
Hi, Kathleen! The recipe yields 3-4 servings.