Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie Irons

CAMPING SEASON! Pie Irons are so much fun when camping. Pie Irons are usually found in the camping section of either Timberline or Ace Hardware or Sportsman’s Warehouse. The best ones to buy are the “double size” as they are more flexible with larger pieces of bread.

We make Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Pizza Pockets, Pudgy Apple Pies, Sloppy Joes Pockets and even Cinnamon Rolls (the tube kind is perfect). And Breakfast “Squares” were a huge hit. You can use Ready-made Pie Crust Dough and use apple pie filling, or Flour Tortillas with Cheese Quesadillas. You can do so many things, check them out.

Check out more Pie Iron recipes on the Dairy Keen Website or Google “Pie Iron Recipes.”

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie Irons

For each pie iron

Cream Cheese, softened

Strawberry or Raspberry or Peach Jam

Butter, softened

2 Slices of bread

Powdered Sugar, optional

Prepare a campfire or charcoal grill or outdoor cooking stove.

Spread the softened butter onto each side of two slices of the bread, Open your COLD pie iron and place one slice of bread BUTTER SIDE DOWN into the pie iron.

Spread the top of this bread with about 2 Tablespoons cream cheese and then spread about 2 Tablespoons of Jam. Top the jam with the other slice of bread with the butter side UP.

Close and lock the pie iron.

Place the pie iron over the COALS of your fire. Cook turning about every 30 seconds, after about 4 minutes check to see if it toasted evenly. Depending on the heat it might take more time. It does take some patience, but it is so worth it.

Remove the pie iron from the fire and transfer to a plate. I sprinkle with some powdered sugar, but that is just because I love Sugar! LOL Enjoy.

**Gluten Free use Gluten Free bread and make sure your pie iron is clean. (raspberry peach is my favorite combination!) And Mrs. Hewlett’s GF Bread is perfect!

If you don’t have Pie Irons, you can just “fry” up in a frying pan like you would a grilled cheese.

Here is our craziest Pie Iron Recipe

Jalapeno Cream Cheese Grilled Cheese Pie Irons

Follow instructions above but use

Cream Cheese, Jalapeno Jelly, and a slice of your favorite cheese.

Pizza Pockets

Follow instruction above but use

Pizza sauce, Mozzarella cheese, Pepperoni

Sloppy Joe Pockets

Follow instructions above but use

¼ cup of Sloppy Joe Mix

(you can buy this frozen Sloppy Joes mixture at the Dairy Keen)

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