Pie-iron cooking

[welikecamping2]

Anyone try this? Had them as kids and we would make pbj "pies" over the campfire. When solo camping, I used it for toasting bagels and making sandwiches. My latest was Red/White/Blue bread from Costco, stuffed with sweet cream cheese, then toasted with the pie iron. Sublime sweet compliment to morning coffee.

 

[Correus]

Anyone try this? Had them as kids and we would make pbj "pies" over the campfire. When solo camping, I used it for toasting bagels and making sandwiches. My latest was Red/White/Blue bread from Costco, stuffed with sweet cream cheese, then toasted with the pie iron. Sublime sweet compliment to morning coffee.

We use them every chance we get, even in the back yard. Everything from desert to main dishes.

 

[bowhunter29]

I use them for all kinds of stuff from eggs and potatoes to biscuits and blueberry muffins. They are very versatile!

 

[welikecamping2]

I think I need to up my Pie Iron game ;-) That will be my goal for this summer.

 

[AbleGuy]

We always used to take these camping, and called them mini pie makers.

Our favorite recipes for making our own mini fruit pies, would either involve blueberries, or fresh apples cut up and mixed with brown sugar and cinnamon.

We would just buy the cheapest white bread to use for the crust, cutting off the edge of it once the clamshell was clamped tightly over the package of bread and fillings.

Back when we were not so conscientious about the food we ate, and didn’t have a good refrigerator system for camping, we often would make mini pies with bologna coupled with that fake American cheese slice stuff, or with chopped up hotdogs instead of bologna.

The nitrate laden bologna and hotdogs, and preservatives in the fake ‘cheese’ helped this gourmet repast stay somewhat edible longer in a ‘not quite up to safe temperature’ ice box with a quickly melting block of ice in it.

 

[TwinStick]

The great thing about these pie irons or whatever you want to call them is, they are only limited by your imagination. I am someone who really likes hamburgers and I have seen them online but never in person, the ones for burgers/sausage patties have multiple holes/vents for the grease to escape. When I see one in person, I will get one.

 

[Correus]

The great thing about these pie irons or whatever you want to call them is, they are only limited by your imagination. I am someone who really likes hamburgers and I have seen them online but never in person, the ones for burgers/sausage patties have multiple holes/vents for the grease to escape. When I see one in person, I will get one.

We have vintage waffle dog maker.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I love pie-iron cooking! So much so that it’s made me horrible camp cook or innovator beyond things I can cook in a pie-iron. Favorites include the easy-to-rock grilled cheese, meatball, steak, Totino’s (yes, that Totinos) frozen pizza’s are perfect when folded in half and put inside a double pie iron. I’ll rock deserts, breakfast sandwiches, pot stickers, etc too. ExpeditionUtah (our local overland travel group) has hosted events over the years where the entire group meal is cooked in a pie iron. As such the pie-iron collection at camp looks like this