RE: Pie Irons

[Hopegirl]

 
I tried to post this but it didn t come up. For those of you who have the pie,hamburger,waffle irons do you really use them often? I want to get them but I don t want to invest in the $$ for them if you only tend to use them once or twice and then they get dusty.

[Viking99]

 Hopegirl
We have a pie iron that gets used a lot. We use it to make pizzas, grilled cheese sandwiches, and of course pie! We go out and but cherry pie filling or blueberry pie filling and use that. Yummmmmm[8D]

[angelsmom10]

 Hopegirl
Walmart, Dick s all seem to have them -- pprox $10-$15 depending
 
 Apple pies, pizza s, grilled cheese -- you can use your imagination[]

[GaryWT]

 Hopegirl
I use ours, just bought a second one.  I got a cheap one at walmart gor $9.50.
 
 Have used it 3 times so far this year, grill cheese and hamburgers once and apple pie the other 2.  I have a can of blueberry filling so I will try that soon, maybe tonight.

[Hopegirl]

 Hopegirl
what do you use for pie dough??? It sounds like we will be getting them. But I will need to have atleast 2 with the boys.
 
 Thanks for your input guys!!

[Viking99]

 Hopegirl
We have just been using bread for our dough. We may try those Pillsbury pie dough sheets some time to see how that works.

[angelsmom10]

 Viking99
We always butter the bread also -- the part that is against the pie iron--makes it toasty and non-stick[]

[mike4947]

 Hopegirl
Don t forget a box of Jiffy cornbread mix. Works great in pie irons, for individual corn breads.
 For a few more ideas here a few sites:
 http://www.chuckwagondiner.com/pieiron.html
 http://www.pieirons.com/
 http://www.firepies.com/irons.html

[Starcraft Dad]

 Hopegirl
We use ours everytime we camp.  The kids just love the pies and I can t get enough of the pizzas.  I have even learned to make toast and eggs together in it for breakfast.[]

[GaryWT]

 Hopegirl
We use bread, buttered with the filling squished inside.  I also add sugar and cinn.

[Camping Coxes]

 Hopegirl
I posted about my pie irons in the Product Review section of PUT.  The PUT ones are much heavier duty than the Wal-Mart type.  We used them the first time last week during vacation and loved them.  They were a big hit.  Just used regular white bread and butter, but the second night I sprinkled cinnamon sugar on the butter.  Yum!  The cookbook that PUT sells with them is full of ideas for full meals, too.

[SheBantam]

 Hopegirl
I have both the cast iron (Like the ones PUT sells) and one that is cast aluminum, bought at Walmart.
 
 Invest in the cast iron, they are heavier, and cook much better. PUT s prices are good as includes shipping. I paid $19.99 plus tax, in a campground for my last one.

[kathybrj]

 Hopegirl
I just purchased two from the PUT store. Dave has the best buy on them and includes shipping. []
 
 I m looking forward to having these!

[Danusmom]

 Hopegirl
We finally bought a portable fire pit to use here at the house.  One of the main reasons for doing so was to be able to use the pie irons more frequently as well as being able to use our 20"  fry pan.  We have several of the cast aluminum pie irons.  After a couple of them have broken --others using them & forcing the handles together which broke the tip of the hook off...eliminating the " hinging"  capabilities-- & the couple I melted in the fire pit[][&:], we will start investing into the cast iron pie irons.  Looks like I know what I m getting DH for Christmas![][8D]
 
 Peace be with you all.

[griffsmom]

 Hopegirl
We have the same ones in the PUT store, although we bought ours before PUT sold them.  
 
 Definitely invest in the cast iron. I ve heard stories of the aluminum ones melting. Remember that you ll wantto season the cast iron before youuse them for the first time.
 
  We have four and use them for sandwiches and desserts.  You can really get creative with your sandwiches, putting in almost anything you can think of (we like cheese, ham, tomatos, hot mustard, avocado and onion).  If you use the pie dough, you can make little meat (pre-cooked hamburger or chicken)and veggie pasties.  Now we mostly use the buttered bread method but we have also tried the Pillsbury pie dough and croissant dough too.  Both are yummy, but the buttered bread is a bit easier and less fuss.  One of our favorite desserts is pudgie buddies, which is buttered bread, marshmallows, peanut butter and chocolate. []