Here are some tips for cooking with pie irons.
- Get a good fire going so it will burn down to lots of coals.
- Preheat the pie iron in the fire before using.
- Once the pie iron is preheated, it will be hot! So, be careful where you place it so you don't burn a plastic tablecloth or little fingers.
- Use stick "butter" to grease each side of inside of the pie iron.
- Place one slice of bread (can also use tortillas or pie crust, etc. ) in one side of the pie iron.
- Build your pizza in one half of the pie iron.
- Spreading pizza sauce with the back of the spoon works great.
- When finished building the pizza, place another piece of bread on the top.
- Close the pie iron together by leaving the filled half on the table, and hinging it by moving the empty side.
- Squeeze together.
- If they have little closing hooks, I don't use them in the cooking process as it makes it hard to check the doneness.
- Place directly in coals of fire.
- Check and turn often until desired doneness. Remember, you are really just warming up the inside and toasting the bread.
- To remove take one side off and turn out pizza on a plate.
- Besides making pie iron pizzas, you can also do dessert pizzas. Try cooking biscuits or rolls in them.
- Enjoy!