Any camper knows a camping trip is not complete until a meal is made over an open fire. \u00a0In this day and age of new cooking implements and cookware it is sometimes the tried and true cooking tools that beat out the new competition, at least you don’t need to read a manual to use it! \u00a0One of the most beloved cooking tools for a camper is the Pie Iron. \u00a0For those new to the camping realm a pie iron is used to heat, toast and seal filling of your choice in between two slices of bread or pastry dough. \u00a0The iron is made of two pieces hinged together, each piece has a concave cast iron square, rectangle or round plate with a long metal rod attached and usually a wooden handle at the end. \u00a0Pie irons can be found in most outdoor outfitter stores and online.<\/p>\n
Pie iron recipes vary, from a basic sandwich to an involved meal to a sweet dessert. Recipes can be found in abundance online but coming up with your own delicious idea can be fun and great family activity. \u00a0Pie iron creations are know as many names, a mountain pie, pudgy pie, campfire pie and a jaffle.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Campground Owner’s Association hosts a Mountain Pie competition in September at the Gratz Fair in Pennsylvania that include winners of each Pennsylvania campground that have participated around the state during the camping season. \u00a0Driftstone Campground is one of those participants. \u00a0There are two categories in which one many enter, Sweet and\/or Savory. \u00a0The winner of the Sweet category for Driftstone Campground made it out to Gratz Fair last year and won the Grand Prize for the Sweet Category, a $500 check. \u00a0Why not try your skills as a pie iron chef?<\/p>\n
Maple Apple Bacon Mountain Pie Recipe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Fry 6 or 8 pieces of maple bacon and cut into small pieces. \u00a0In a saucepan boil: \u00a01\/4 cup granulated sugar, 1\/4 cup light brown sugar, 1\/4 cup dark brown sugar, 1 tsp. baking powder, 2 Tbsp. cinnamon, 2 Tbsp. vanilla, 3 Tbsp. maple syrup and 1\/2 stick of butter. \u00a0Add: \u00a01 chopped Granny Smith apple and 1 chopped Pink Lady apple and lightly boil for 20 minutes. \u00a0Add: \u00a0Pie crust to Mountain Pie Iron. \u00a0Fill with: \u00a0apple mixture and top with bacon. \u00a0Place in embers for about 4 minutes on each side. \u00a0Drizzle with caramel sauce and top with wet walnuts and whipped cream. \u00a0Makes 2 pies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Any camper knows a camping trip is not complete until a meal is made over an open fire. \u00a0In this day and age of new cooking implements and cookware it is sometimes the tried and true cooking tools that beat out the new competition, at least you don’t need to read a manual to use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}