My First Culinary Award!

Listen, I will take it! I have never cooked in a dutch oven, but am now inspired. At scout camp this past week there was a dutch oven cobbler competition and so for fun I entered. Mine was a Peach Dutch Oven Cobbler and it won!!
Here it is! It really was pretty! And here is the very simple recipe!

Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler

1 yellow cake mix

3 large cans of peaches

1 cube of butter

cinnamon

In a number twelve dutch oven, rub the sides of the oven with butter, enough so that the cobbler won't stick. I noticed others using tin foil but I have not done that. Drain peaches and pour into dutch oven. Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top of the peaches. Then top with chunks of butter all over the top. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. Cover and bake for 40-50 minutes until it is browned on top.

"Team Cobbler" They were awesome helpers!

Summer Peach Ice Cream

Summer for us is a time of plenty. Everything is baring its fruit. So the trick is...how to preserve the excess for the months of no fruit. We have PEACH orchards and we have begun to pick the fruit. In my opinion the best fruit is a little later in the season. And so I wait, to bottle the varieties that we love. Each year the number of bottles of PEACHES that I put up increases, my kids are getting bigger! The past few years I have done 100 bottles and have always run out before the next crop is ready. Today I thought that PEACH Ice Cream sounded yummy and so I went to the pantry to get a couple of quarts of PEACHES, and discovered that we only have a few bottles left....just in time! I am excited to begin bottling in the next month, it will be nice to have a supply again.
Summer Peach Ice Cream, is amazing! It is very simple to make and you can use either fresh or bottled PEACHES. I have made it with both, can't really say which I like better. The Boy says that this is the best ice cream he has ever tasted (in is 15 years).

Summer Peach Ice Cream

2 1/2 lbs. peaches, peeled and chopped or

2 qts. of drained peaches

1 c. white sugar

1 pint half-n-half

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 can evaporated milk

1 t. vanilla

2 c. whole milk

Puree peaches, sugar and half -n-half in food processor. I usually do this in two batches, it will spill over if you do not. Pour into large bowl and add other ingredients. Chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Freeze in ice cream freezer to manufactures directions. I use a counter top freezer and this recipe makes two batches. Call the family together, and ENJOY!