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dipbait,

I agree with your pie iron concern. If the edges of the two pieces of bread are not compressed together and sealed all around their perimeter, I'd be worried that the contents would run out and make a bit of a mess.

DancesWithKnives
 
Hobo pies!!!!

We don't use bread, we just whip up a batch of bannock mix or even fairly thick pancake batter and make our pies with that. Pour some on the bottom piece, put whatever you're filling with on it and cover with more batter then close it up and fire it into the coals...


blake
 
Interesting----good idea. In SoCal we used to put cheese, onions, cilantro, salsa, and meat between a couple tortillas. We called the pie irons "taco toasters".

DancesWithKnives
 
The need for a dutch oven cannot be overstated. Get a Lodge (Wally World carries the 12" 6 qt for $48, and it's worth every cent). Then do an online search for recipes. Once you get the hang of it, you can do all kinds of fancy cooking in a dutch oven.
 
dipbait said:
Let me rephrase it:) On the round ones , the edges of the bread are trimmed off when it is closed, thus sealing it and making a perfect round hot pie. The Square ones dont look like they will seal it to me , but I have never used one.
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They seal just fine as they are a bit smaller than an average slice of bread. Do not buy the aluminum ones as I have melted them, only iron.

Speaking of aluminum anodized aluminum cookwear works well its as light as Ti and much cheaper. GSI has a bunch of good stuff. Yes its safe.

Skam
 
Ive never tried sealing the two slices of bread in my pie iron, I just let the stuff run all over the place if it wants to. For the actual pies I make, I use a variety of things, from premade muffin mix, to pancake batter, I once found premade pound cake that wre little square cups that worked out pretty well, filled those with a mixture of PB and jam, oh it was glorious!

my favorite with the pie iron is grilled cheeses though
 
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