Dutch Oven Cooking Guide

by CFI First Year Naturalist Guides

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Downloadable guide for Dutch Oven cooking

No river trip is complete without a filling meal!

Here’s a quick guide with the tips and tricks CFI guides have developed over decades of pineapple upside-down cakes, brownies, and cobblers.

Try it out, and let us know what you all are cooking via email or social media: @cfimoab!

To make sure you have everything you need to cook great river meals, check out our river trip kitchen checklist.


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