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.

Garlic Buns:

Garlic Buns:
Spread inside of burger buns with butter and sprinkle with garlic salt and paprika. Turn each bun inside out and place into cooker cavity. Grill until golden brown.

Pizza Pie

Place slice of pizza crust in cooker cavity, add tomato puree, green peppers, slivered garlic, oregano, mozzarella cheese and top with pepperoni. Cover with second slice of pizza crust. Grill 3 or 4 minutes on each side or until desired doneness is reached. English muffins or sliced bread or pita can be used in place of pizza crust.

Beef Pie:

Place one piece of pie dough loosely in cooker cavity, buttered side down. Add cubed, cooked beef, cooked potato slices, onions and pepper. Cover with remaining piece of pie crust, buttered side up. Close grill and latch handles. Bake for approximately 5 minutes.

tuna Melts

Mix canned tuna fish, chopped pickle and mayonnaise. Place on slice of bread, buttered side down, and add slice of Havarti cheese and a slice of tomato. Cover with remaining side of buttered bread and grill until hot and toasty.

Fried Potatoes:

Place sliced potatoes in cooker, add butter, salt and pepper (to taste) and close. Grill on both sides over low heat.

Rocky Road Treat:

Spread peanut butter on 2 slices of bread. Add one large marshmallow and one chocolate bar square between buttered bread slices/ Toast in cooker until bread is golden brown.

Cornbread:

Prepare cornbread mix according to direction on package. Into a well greased cooker, fill cavity about one third with mix. Close, latch handles and bake over very low heat until done.

Aluma Fruit Pie:

Use any canned pie filling; apple, cherry, and peach are delicious. Place filling between your choice of bread as per our basic direction. Grill until golden brown. Sprinkle with sugar and serve.

Pumpkin Pudgy Pie

1 loaf bread (any type)
1 can pumpkin pie mix
Marshmallows

Spray pie iron with pam, butter 1 side of each slice of bread, place butter
side to pie iron add pie mix and 1 marshmallow, top off with other slice of
bread, butter side up and close pie iron.
Place in hot coals, does not take long to get golden brown 2-4 minutes per
side.
Let cool slightly and enjoy.

Mini Cinnamon rolls

Mini Cinnamon Rolls
submitted by Marylu from Cazenovia, WI

Refrigerated biscuits, (any brand)
mini marshmallows
cinnamon-sugar mixture
( I keep a shaker of it on hand )

flatten out a biscuit, and put it in an iron.
put 6 mini marshmallows on biscuit
(you can use more if there's room)

sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture
flatten out another biscuit, place on top and seal together

Put over fire for just a few seconds, they don't take long to brown.

These are a great hit with my family and friends when camping.

Biscuits

* 1 Small Can Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits (or like brand)
* 2 Tbsp. Melted Butter
* Sugar / Cinnamon Mixture (for cinnamon biscuits)
* 1 Tsp. Garlic (for garlic biscuits)
* Pam®

Directions:
Spray Pam on pie iron. Open biscuits and separate. Cut biscuits in half and shape into balls.

For Plain: Put a biscuit ball (buttered or unbuttered) in pie iron until golden brown.

For Cinnamon: Put a biscuit ball in melted butter and roll in sugar / cinnamon mixture and cook until golden brown.

For Garlic: Put a biscuit ball in melted butter and garlic salt mixture and cook until golden brown.

Easy-Peasy Pockets

Butter both sides of the pie iron and put a slice of bread on each side. Fill center of one slice of bread with canned beef stew or canned chili. (We use leftover chili or stew that has been frozen. It's thawed by the time we're ready for dinner, and the frozen food helps keep the cooler cold). Add some shredded cheese for an added treat. Fold and fire as usual. Hot, bubbly and delicious every time.

Hobo Pizza

1 Tube of refrigerated pizza crust. (the same kind of tube that the biscuits come in)
Jar of favorite Pizza sauce
Pizza Cheese
favorite toppings (pepperoni, green pepper, onion, pre-cooked sausage etc..)

Pre heat hobo pie iron in coals until just hot.Generously spray inside pie iron with Cooking Spray (Pam makes one that's used for grilling that works great) Put a square of Pizza crust on each side.
Spoon on a little pizza sauce and top with cheese and favorite toppings.
Close up pie iron and return to fire for a couple of minutes. Keep checking and turning until pizza crust is light golden brown. Let cool a bit and enjoy! Camping tip: I pre cut onions & peppers and put in ziploc baggies before we leave.

Pie Iron Pizza

We always cook sausage patties for breakfast and always have leftovers. At the end of the evening while we're all sitting around the fire we get out the leftovers and the pie irons. We butter the bread and put the first piece in the pie iron, then we add a teaspoon of pizza sauce and spread it around the bread. Then we sprinkle on some shredded cheese and crumble on some of the leftover sausage. I also like to add chopped onions on mine. Then put the other piece of bread on with butterside up. Close your pie iron and stick it in the fire, 5 minutes on each side. Check the bread for brownness.

Pizza Hobo Pie

Spread two pieces of bread with butter. Lay one slice of bread with buttered side down, on pie iron. Put about 1/4 cup of pizza sauce, 1/3 cup of mozzerella cheese, and 4 slices of pepperoni top of bread in iron. Top with remaining slice of bread with the buttered side on top. Place top of pie iron down over "pizza" pie. Put directly in camp fire and bake until browned.

Pizza Hobo Pie

Butter hobo pie iron, both sides. Use 2 pieces white bread, put pizza sauce on each slice of bread, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, add pepperoni to taste. Close pie iron & cook over fire until lightly

pudgypie tacos

Spray insides of pudgy pie cooker with cooking spray. Take two tortillas and cut off one edge to create a flat side. Put one tortilla in pie maker with flat edge where pie maker is joined. (hinged side) add taco meat, cheese, taco sauce, onions and tomatoes if desired. Top with second tortilla. Cook over fire. When its done, top with sour cream and/or salsa.

Best Grilled Cheese

Lay two slices of bread in iron, add your favorite cheese and if you like slice of tomato. Close iron turn, frequently until lightly brown.

Pizza Pies

2 slices bread, buttered one side (or sprayed with cooking spray)
pizza sauce
motzarella cheese
pepperoni
mushroons
any other pizza toppings you like!
Place buttered side bread to outside of pie maker & fill with your favorite pizza toppings.

Sweet Reuben

Butter 2 slices rye bread, place butter side out in pie iron. Place 1/2 slice Swiss cheese on each slice, add 1-2 oz corned beef and 1-2 Tbls cole slaw. Close and cook until golden brown.

Mountain Chicken BBQ Pie

Sliced Chicken Breast
Sliced Canadian Bacon
Shredded Monterrey Jack Cheese
Your Favorite BBQ Sauce
Butter
Sliced Italian Bread

Butter 2 slices of bread, and place in iron. Then place the Chicken,BBQ Sauce, Canadian Bacon, and Shredded Cheese, (in that order)on the bread, and close the iron. Place iron on coals, turning every couple of minutes, check occasionally so you do not burn the pie. Then enjoy.

Reuben Sandwiches

Grease warm pie iron with margarine. Lay bread (rye tastes best) on either side of the iron. Use deli sliced corn beef and top with a spoonful of sauerkraut and a slice of swiss cheese. Place in fire, turning occasionally until bread is browned. Delicious!!!