This campfire skillet apple cobbler is the perfect camping dessert! It's super quick to prepare in advance, packs and travels like a dream and creates the most impressive fireside treat. Once you've made a dessert this delicious on the camp fire, you'll never go to the mountains without it again. In fact, you may be tempted to make all your tent-adjacent meals with a skillet and a few Ziploc bags.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

For the Apple Filling:

Things You’ll Need

  • 3 pounds Fuji or Honeycrisp apples peeled, cored, and sliced thin

  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup brown sugar

For the Cobbler Topping:

Things You’ll Need

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

  • ¼ cup brown sugar

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into cubes

  • ¼ cup milk

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 1: Prepare the Filling

Add all the filling ingredients to a gallon sized Ziploc bag. Toss until well coated. Refrigerate (or add to an ice chest) until ready to use.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 2: Mix the Dry Ingredients

Stir together the topping flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 3: Rub in the Butter

Rub the butter into the dry ingredients with your hands until well combined. You can also use a pastry cutter or even a food processor to mix the butter into the dry ingredients.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 4: Add the Milk

Stir the milk into the topping ingredients.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 5: Add Topping to a Bag

Add the mixture to a Ziplock bag. Refrigerate (or add to an ice chest) until ready to use.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 6: Pack

Pack the filling bag, the topping bag, a 9-inch cast iron skillet and some aluminum foil for your camping trip. Keep the filling and topping in the ice chest until ready to use.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 7: Add the Filling to the Skillet

Once your fire is well underway (mostly hot coals with low flames), add the filling to the skillet in an even layer.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 8: Add the Topping

Crumble the topping over the filling in an even layer.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 9: Cover and Bake

Cover tightly with aluminum foil and add to a wire grate over the fire. Cook just until the topping has puffed and cooked, 15-20 minutes (time depending on how hot your fire is). If the cobbler sits on the fire too long, the sugars will burn.

How to Make Campfire Skillet Apple Cobbler

Step 10: Serve and Enjoy

Carefully remove and ladle into bowls. It's hot so be careful!

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