Ingredients:
• 1 pre-made refrigerated pizza crust (the kind in the can works awesomely)
• ½ cup marinara sauce, chose your favourite kind (or you can get pizza sauce)
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 16 slices of pepperoni (more if you like a lot of pepperonis)
• Butter for greasing your pie irons
Any other pizza fillings you’d like. Our Cubs loved chopped up meatballs
Directions:
1. Prep Your Fire and Pie Irons
– Usually when cooking on a campfire, you don’t want to put your pots, pans, or pie irons directly into the flames because it’s too hot. Let your fire burn for a bit before cooking so the logs are glowing, and the flames are low.
– If you’re doing all of your prep work at your campfire, you can let the fire burn while you do your prep work below. Please do not leave fires unattended.
– Pie irons need to be hot before you place your calzones in them. They do not take long to heat up, when your prep work is complete, places the pie irons in the fire for about five minutes. When you take them out be careful to only place them on heat safe surfaces! Use plenty of butter all over the insides
2. Prepare Your Dough
– If you opt for the prepared pizza crust – all you have to do to prepare the crust is to lay it out flat and cut it into squares. You’ll need a top and a bottom piece of crust for each pizza pocket. Cubs like to place the butter on the pie iron then bottom dough in the hot pie iron then fill (bonus: try using garlic butter).
3. Layer Up the Fillings
– Sprinkle a little mozzarella cheese on each dough, then add about 2 tbsp of marinara sauce. Layer up the pepperoni and add any other toppings you like (Cubs usually like cheese pizza or pepperoni). Then top with a bit more mozzarella. Be careful not to overfill.
4. Finally, Take the Other Crust Square and Place It on Top of the Fillings
– Using a fork – gently push down the edges on all four sides to seal those fillings inside the crust. Do this gently or you’ll force the toppings out of the sides. The pie iron is hot so it might be best to have an adult do this part.
5. Cook for approximately 3 minutes, then flip. Cook for another 3 to 5 minutes (checking for doneness at the 2-minute mark). You’ll know they’re done when you see a delicious golden-brown crust.
6. When done, remove them from the pie irons and flip them onto a plate or cutting board. They’ll be hot so be very careful! If you like any dressing or such, drizzle that on too.
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