Pie Irons are a wonderful and versatile way to cook in camp. What you can cook in these is only limited by your imagination and creativity. Children love cooking their individual serving by themselves. The following offers some suggestions on how to put your pie iron to use on your next campfire, and don't forget they work great in fire places, on wood stoves, on grills, and even on your kitchen range.

Makes reuben sandwiches, pizza pies, grilled cheese, calzones, scrambled eggs, chocolate croissants.

Cooks fruit pies, hot desserts, pudgy pies, hot ham and cheese, jelly pies, tuna melts.

Fries potatoes and onions, eggs, hamburgers, omelets, meat loaf, pork chops, hot dogs, and bratwurst.

Grills french toast, sausages, steak, sloppy joes, rocky road treats.

Bakes rolls, pies, cornbread, biscuits, empanadas, seafood and fish.

Toasts breads, s'mores, tortillas, camp treats, bagels and much more!

Grilled Onions:

Place thinly sliced sweet Spanish onions (or Vidalia onions) into cooker cavity. Add a little celery, salt, parsley and a splash of beer. Close cooker and grill until onions are soft.

French Toast:

Dip 2 bread slices into egg batter, place both slices into cooker, placing strawberry jam between bread slices. Toast until browned.

Eggs:

Open cooker and use as two skillets, place one egg in each side of cooker. Use cooker in closed position for scrambled eggs; add onion, cheese, pepper, and mushrooms for omelettes.

Bacon and Tomato Special:

Fill whole wheat bread with sliced tomatoes, crisp bacon, lettuce and mayonnaise. Toast sandwich for 3 to 4 minutes in pie iron.

Sloppy Joes:

Use canned, pre-cooked sloppy joe mix or make your own mix with hamburger, barbecue sauce and onion. (Meat must be precooked.) Place mix between buttered bread and cook over low heat until hot and toasty.

Hot Ham and Cheese:

Place slice of bread, buttered side down, into cooker. Place slice of ham and slice of cheese on bread. Add Dijon mustard and cover with remaining slice of bread, buttered side up. Close cooker, latch handles and grill to golden brown.