My first recipe from the excellent blog Dutch Oven Madness. This woman has turned into the primary inspiration for this blog and the primary supplier of new and exciting recipes. Her goal is to blog a year's worth of dutch oven food cooked for her family. I am so very, very grateful for her blog.
I produced this in low-light conditions of a garage at night with a single light bulb illuminating the construction of the dessert. It came out quite the success. The recipe called for a 10 incher dutch oven but my 12 incher worked just fine. I followed the instructions to take out half of the oatmeal crumb part and I still had quite a bit left over to cover the bottom and make a top. The end result was eaten warm, frozen, thawed and put into the fridge. At all stages of the process the dessert was tasty. I will probably retry with a bit less brown sugar because it seemed that taste was dominant over others. Pecans complement the sweetness incredibly well (which I probably could have predicted with my love of pecan pie). However, I am well aware that there are plenty of pecan haters so a reproduction without pecans would still go over well. I plan on doing so as a gift for a friend.