Use fresh summer peaches to make this Peach Crumb Coffee Cake from The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook.
A simple cast-iron skillet is one of my favorite kitchen tools, mainly because it can be used with very high heat and retains that heat so amazingly. It’s ideal for searing steaks (one of Alton’s favorite uses) and baking cornbread.
I’m always on the lookout for new ways to put this pan to work, and The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook doesn’t disappoint. It includes recipes for, yes, cornbread, but also soups and stews, main dishes, side dishes and desserts, with a whole chapter devoted to outdoor cooking. Whether you’re cooking over a campfire or having a backyard barbecue, nothing sets the “rustic cookout” mood better than a summery side dish or dessert served in cast iron.
Get cooking with these recipes from The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook:
Fresh Peach Crumb Coffee Cake
Summer Squash Casserole
Roasted Corn Pudding
Summer Squash Casserole is a sure crowd-pleaser for any cookout.
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My cast iron pan is a camping staple! I love cooking breakfast over last night's bonfire – eggs, bacon, and of course potatoes. It all comes to get perfectly in the cast iron pan!
German pancake/ Dutch baby… Yumm
I love a crumble–it's so good!
It makes the BEST fried chicken!
I love to bake cornbread. Comes out just right
Oh YES-My Louisiana Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya, cher
Cornbread just has to be made in my cast iron skillet-you can't get that flavor & texture anywhere else-moist with the crunchy,browned crust.
Steaks with onion gravy
I like making cornbread!
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pizza
Thanksgiving stuffing! Helps it get crispy on the top *and* bottom.
hands down – beef stew!
Corn bread, or maybe cinnamon buns!
A Cheesesteak with a yuenglang and an Eagles game tops the uses for my lodge. Although I use it for everything. Once fully seasoned you'd be a fool not to use it for all your cooking.
Bacon and fried eggs while camping!
Camping breakfast and perfectly seared steaks….and blackened salmon…
frittata with fresh vegetables from my garden
Indian Cornbread – yummy
Camping Peach Cobbler! Yummy…
The best is ribs slow cooked in the Dutch Ovan.
I'm new to cast iron cooking and so far LOVING it!! Made homemade sausage gravy and came out great! I'd love to get this book cuz I'm looking for recipes and tips like crazy!!
Chicken, Sausage and Shrimp Jambalaya in a dutch oven.
CHILI
Potatoes and onions, with just a hint of bacon and green pepper….yummmmmmmmmm
and sometimes, just for fun a bit of granny smith….
Kentucky lace cakes, which are like mini, individual-sized cornbreads. So, so good, and I wouldn't dare make them in anything but my cast iron skillet.
It's a split between cornbread or a big skillet full of slow cooked pinto beans!
cast iron cookware is quickly becoming an obsession of mine (received so many pieces as gifts, so awesome)! love love love it!! cornbread just isn't the same…
Apple cake!!! Yummy!!
What!?? You expect me to pick out just one recipe? How can I do that? I have cast iron skillets, a couple of cornbread pans, both indoor and outdoor dutch ovens! I love them all! You wouldn't ask a mother to pick a favorite child would you?
Cast iron is the best way to cook, and my favorite recipe is the last dish that I prepared in cast iron!
Rib eye steak. Never as good when it's not made in my Lodge cast iron skillet.
I love to make Paula Deen's Corny Cornbread in my Lodge Cast Iron Pan! The whole family devours it!
Campfire quick cake is my favorite. Three cans of pie filling, 2 boxes of cake mix, a stick of butter and 12 ounces of lemon lime soda pop in a 12 inch Dutch oven for 45 minutes. Quick, simplicity and delicious!
I would love love love this! I use mine to cook bacon – seasons it so nicely.
Fried potatoes!
Fried Green Tomato's
The Mrs. loves it when I make bread pudding….I'll have a nibble or two as well.
Pancakes and bacon! You can cook the bacon in the cast iron skillet first, drain most of the drippings and then use the drippings a little at a time to keep the skillet oiled for cooking the pancakes.
I love frying potatoes & fish but I ONLY make cornbread in cast iron.
It really depends on the cast iron and what meal of the day it is. The pumpkin dump cake I had in the dutch oven last night for dessert was pretty dang good. Sat around the fire while it cooked. For dinner, in a skillet I made teriyaki chicken with some veggies and then served it over rice I made in a smaller dutch oven. And peach french toast makes an absolutely awesome breakfast. My all time favorite lunch is a deep dish pizza cooked in my 12" skillet right over the open coals of the campfire.
It's so hard to pick a favorite…cornbread, frittata, fried potatoes! We love cooking in our cast iron skillets.
I love my cast iron grill pan. I use it mainly for steaks and chicken. I wish I had many more pans!
I like to toss in potatoes, peppers, garlic, egg whites, shredded smoked cheese, and fry it up over a campfire!
Fried Green Tomatoes!!!!
I love to cook potatoes in my cast iron skillet! The best is when I have a steak on the grill and a skillet of potatoes on the side burner. Multi-tasking! Yum!
My cast iron pan is the best for making cornbread!!
I cook everything in my 9"…so hard to pick one thing! I guess my favorite would be Frittatas. Or maybe cornbread? or maybe fried chicken? or maybe cream based pasta sauces? GAH!! so many foods.
Cornbread
I love to cook and teach cooking on the high school level. I have tried many types and brands of cookware and the lodge pans that I own are my favorite. I use mine often for baked fried chicken, breaded in corn flake crumbs…yum.
Oh my….it's a toss up between golden fried potatoes and onions and my mom's recipe for absolutely perfect cornbread!!! Let's face it…..your cast iron skillet makes everything fried or baked taste wonderful!!!
Crispy potatoes! Yum.