This recipe can be prepared in advance and is great for outdoor cookouts. Young and elderly alike adore it!
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 pie |
Ingredients
- 2 (1 ounce) slices white bread
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons apple pie filling
Instructions
- Spray a cast iron pie cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Evenly spread one side of each slice of bread with softened butter. Lay a slice of bread, butter side down, into the cooker. Spoon on pie filling, and top with second slice of bread, butter side up.
- Close up cooker, and cook over a hot campfire, turning occasionally, until the pie is hot and golden brown, about 4 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 301 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 41 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 490 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
You can make these with any Pie filling!
These are called “Mountain Pies” I have been cooking these over camp fires since i could hold the iron. Almost 50 years. you can put anything in between 2 slices of bread. try leftover spaghetti and peanut butter. sounds weird, That’s what I thought when I first heard it.
We recently made these during our annual camping trip. They were a huge hit! Since we had a large group – over 20 people – we purchased a single and double pie iron. We used cherry, apple and blueberry pie fillings. Be sure to allow time to season the pie irons (we did it the night before we planned to use them) and also decrease the cooking time as the irons heat up. The first batch of pies took around 5 minutes per side, but the last several only needed about 3 minutes per side. We served them with whipped cream. Hobo pies will now be part of our camping tradition.
Love the Hobo Pies! Really takes me back to childhood days camping and fishing in the West Virginia mountains. Nothing better than a sweet treat and a warm campfire after a hot day of fishing with my Dad. We also called them Hobo Pies.
We did this as kids but we added frosting on top!
Yum! We had this every weekend as a kid! My family called them ‘campfire pies’. My favorite are the ones with CHERRY filling! I always remembered how great they were but until this seeing this recipe, I forgot that they were made with bread. Also, if you’re at Walmart & ask for a hobo pie toaster, I doubt you’ll be successful. Try a Camp Iron or Pie Iron. It looks like 2 metal pieces of bread attached to a stick.
Best pizza using the pie maker is to use English muffins, you can butter bottom( gets it crispier like a true pizza) pizza sauce, mozzarella slices, pepperoni or what ever other meat or veggies you want to use, family loves these and say they are better than a Little Ceasar’s pizza… Awsome tasting…
Great base recipe for hobo pies. We didn’t have the “hobo pie toaster” referred to in the original recipe, we used a wonder bread “crustables” press to make the pie pockets. We used blueberry pie filling (our oldest son’s request) and wrapped them in foil to cook on the coals. Worked out perfectly and SO GOOD. Next time I’m going to make a sugar butter to spread on the bread, to make a nice sweet glazed crust. Great camping staple instead of having the usual s’mores.
Kids love this! We make it whenever we camp as well as on a bonfire in the backyard now and then. I do however sprinkle them with powdered sugar before serving though. Cherry with chocolate chips, peanut butter chocolate and marshmallow is also really yummy.
Thank you Adica….You made me smile BIG when I read, “Hobo Pie”. 🙂 I flashed back to my childhood when I met a friend from the U.S.A. Her family would invite me to their campsite and it was there, that I tasted the wonderful ” Hobo Pie”. A very nice treat for families who camp. Can be made with any fruit pie filling plus for a snack make a Hobo Pizza-add tomato sauce, cheese, and whatever you like on pizza’s. ENJOY!!! and thx again for the memories 🙂
We love Hobo Pies! These are also great with blueberry or pizza fillings. I spray the pie iron with cooking spray first and it helps a lot. These are a camping staple with us!
Any pie filling will work. Toasted cheese or ham and cheese is also good made this way.
We always called these Pudgy Pies. They are wonderful made with biscuit dough and filled with fresh raspberries or strawberries. Refrigerated biscuits would work well, too, I am sure. I have made them with biscuit dough, cinnamon sugar and raisins – great little coffee cakes. Whatever you call them , they are definitely a 5 star recipe.
Was not a fan. May do what others reviewed and try pizza ones next time.
We love these! Wheat bread works well, too. We sprinkle ours with sugar. Yum!
Hi we have made these for years as well. We have always called them camel chips. We make desert ones and savory ones for a meal. The favorites of my family are pizza pockets, ham and cheese, and cherry pie. They are always present at every camping trip. Have fun experimenting.
We made these camping this past summer! They are awesome!!!! We sprinkled them with powdered sugar!
We also call these “Pudgie Pies” and often make pizza ones. There really is no need to butter the bread though, if you already sprayed the pan with the non-stick cooking spray. Save yourself a few calories!
We always called these Mountain Pies, and they are perfect for camping! FYI – it is possible to make them with a George Foreman Grill or other countertop grill – lol. We’ve also made them with Cherry pie filling, pizza-style, chipped-ham and cheese, and with pre-cooked scrambled eggs and bacon with a slice of cheese melted inside. Mmmmm….
My kids all love them…they can cook them alone, and make as many as they want! Try peach pie filling with a marshmallow…delicious!
I love these! My family also calls them Hobo Pies. Our favorites are pizza pies & cherry pies. For pizza pies, butter the bread as usual, then use ready-to-use pizza sauce, mozarella cheese, and pepperoni. Another idea is to use peanut butter, a marshmallow, and a chocolate bar for a Rocky Road treat. Be careful with the irons and the pies because they are VERY HOT.