Blueberry Brûlée Hand Pies
Toasty hand pies with sweet crème brûlée and blueberry pie filling cooked in the campfire in a cast iron pie iron. These creamy blueberry hand pies will be the hit of your next camping adventure!
Ingredients
- 12 slices Pepperidge Farm Lemon Blueberry Swirl Bread or other flavor of Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread such as Brown Sugar Cinnamon, French Toast, or Caramel Brioche
- 21 oz blueberry pie filling
- 1 pkg Backpacker's Pantry Creme Brûlée - Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food see Notes
- ¾ cup water 180 ml
- cooking spray
spoon for mixing the brûlée and for making the hand pies
optional: potholder for the pie iron handles, which don't go in the fire but they can still get hot
Instructions
- Get a campfire going to have good, hot coals.
- Prepare the Backpacker's Pantry Creme Brûlée according to package directions. Note that it is prepared by adding water into the package with the brûlée mix and stirring with a spoon; no bowl or whisk is needed.
- On one slice of bread, spread a couple spoonfuls of blueberry pie filling.
- On another slice of bread, spread a couple spoonfuls of the prepared creme brûlée.
- Put the blueberry and brûlée sides of the bread slices together to form a sandwich.
- Open the pie iron and spray well with cooking spray. Add the hand pie, close the pie iron, and lock shut.
- Put the cast iron portion of the pie iron directly into the fire, off to the side of very hot coals, or over top the flames on a grill grate. Placement isn't as important because this will vary with your fire. What is crucial is checking regularly (just open the pie iron to check the toasty-ness of the bread) and turning the pie iron often for even cooking. Once the cast iron gets hot, the bread will toast quickly and burn if left too long.
- Once bread is nice and toasted, enjoy carefully as filling may be quite hot.
Notes
Backpacker's Pantry Creme Brûlée is a freeze-dried food which is rehydrated by adding cold water -- so, no refrigeration is required. It is available online via Amazon, REI, or Walmart. It can also be purchased in-store at outfitter stores such as REI or Sportsman's Warehouse.
For an alternative to the dehydrated "backpacker brûlée", my suggestion is Philadelphia No Bake Original Cheesecake Filling (available at Walmart); but note that this product requires refrigeration or storage in a cooler on ice.
Nutrition
Calories: 356kcal (18%) | Carbohydrates: 67g (22%) | Protein: 7g (14%) | Fat: 5g (8%) | Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg (2%) | Sodium: 323mg (14%) | Potassium: 40mg (1%) | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 28g (31%)
Calorie count is purely an estimate calculated using an online application to serve as a guide and not to be taken as accurate nutritional information. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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