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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Drop biscuits!
I cook everything in cast iron! Soups in my dutch ovens, braised meats and leeks, desserts and fried everything in my skillets, pancakes on the griddle. You name it I'm cookin' it in iron!
cornbread
I just got back from a vacation to the island of Kauai, HI. I stayed in a condo, I brought with me my favorite knife, some dry spices, and my favorite Lodge cast iron skillet! Condos supply some basics, but as long as I have my favorite cast iron skillet I'm set. Wether it's fried fish on an open fire at the beach, fried teriyaki steak or chicken at the condo for dinner I can do it all with cast iron. Our favorite is a frittata for breakfast or lunch made from farm fresh eggs infused with last nights leftovers or fresh herbs and island fare from the local farmers markets, the harbor or the local meat market. My Lodge Cast Iron Skillet I don't leave home without it, especially when I'm heading to paradise!
Meditteranen style shrimp.
My favorite thing to make and serve in a cast iron "frying pan" is a pineapple upside-down cake. I think this should be our top ten things…or at least our favorite meals…fried green tomatoes to start, fried chicken/smothered chicken, then the upside-down cake to top it off. Then there is apple fritters, a treat from my camping days. I often wished there were a "cast iron cookbook".recipes just for making in cast iron cookware, it holds the heat better, and I don't have a mom or grandma to learn from.
Frittata! Breakfast, lunch, or dinner any which way I feel like it
Definitely corn bread!!
I LOVE TO SEAR MY STEAKS IN A CAST IRON SKILLET WITH MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS…YUM!
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I like the deep cast-iron pan–I cook dried beans or fresh collard greens in it. So a cookbook
would be great to give me more recipes.
Fried Chicken!
a must for jalapino cheese cornbread on the grill in my spider!
I like to use cast iron to get a good sear on scallops
Gooey Chocolate Skillet Cake Ice Cream Sundae! Wow! Found it on Willow Bird Baking and is it ever sinfully delicious. Best Birthday cake ever. Bought the Lodge 10" cast iron skillet just to make it!
Peach/Blueberry Cobbler or Buttermilk Cornbread. Both are equal to me.
i love to make corn bread in my iorn skillet it taste so much better . i cook alot of my food in iorn skillit
i have a question . my skillit is beging to stick . how do i get to quit sticking. does any one have a suggeston to fix it it belonged to my mom
Just made cornbread in my Lodge skillet tonight.
I love to cook fried apples in a cast iron skillet. So good!!
A little not-American, but I love my Thai-style Zucchini and Beef in my cast iron skillet.
Steak
Our cast iron skillet is the most indispensable kitchen tool ever indoors and out. Seared scallops are perfectly prepared in this skillet.
Cornbread just doesn't taste like cornbread to me if it's not baked in a cast iron skillet. I also love cooking steaks on my cast iron grill pan.
Sourdough Bread
DINNER ROLLS!
I love to make my eggs every morning in my cast iron Lodge pan. I also love to make the Quick Rolls recipe from the cookbook–which I had borrowed from the library. It is a new staple in my house. Would love to own a copy!
Pan fried ribeye steaks. My husband is the best at it!
cornbread!
Spanish rice in cast iron is the best!
I love the way my Lodge cast iron deep skillet bakes cornbread with a crunchy crust. I wouldn't even consider baking it in anything else. I would really love the cookbook…I just bought the small and medium skillet, the griddle and grill pan and I'm tossing my other cookware.
We don't have one, but would love to try the summer squash recipe shown above.
Chicken Curry in my cast iron antique dutch oven — fabulous!!!
What doesn't taste wonderful cooked in cast Iron? That is all my grandmmothers, and mother have ever used to cook any and every thing in all my life and all I have ever used in all my own 45 + years of cooking. You want me to name my favorite food cooked in cast iron and that is impossible because it all comes out great. Of course nothing beats Southern Fried Chicken, Fried Catfish, Fried Okra, Cornbread, Chili, Beef Stew, any cobbler but especially peach, and don't forget the Chicken & Dumplins. Doesn't matter if it is done on your stovetop, in your oven, on a grill, or a campfire. You can always count on your dish being perfect and tasting great. LIke I said what doesn't taste better cooked in cast iron skillets and/or Dutch ovens?
I use my cast iron skillet for oven roasted brussel sprouts. The roasting makes them so sweet and deep brown, I love it!
We cook everything in cast iron. I cannot be asked to choose a favorite.
I use my cast iron for almost everything. I guess if I had to choose a favorite it would have to be corn bread or biscuits since those just wouldn't be the same made any other way. Cast iron pans are handed down in my family and are treasures ment to be used.
Cornbread
Bacon and Eggs
Cast iron skillets and Dutch ovens are used on a regular basis in my household. We use them for German Pancakes, biscuits, searing the perfect steak, etc.
Fried chicken. My Mom's recipe is the best. Simple but the reason it is so good is the cast iron skillet!!! You can not get the skin browned and crispy using any other pan.
Pineapple upside cake! I'm a beginner at cast iron cooking, just purchased my first lodge cast iron skillet a few months ago.
Egg frittata with spicy pork sausage, potatoes, and poblano peppers.
my favorite recipe to make in my lodge pan is cornbread. Soooo good!
I never cook cornbread in anything but a cast iron skillet. It makes the outside cruncy and crusty, and the inside is soft and moist.
MMM I love Chicken Fried Steak and gravy cooked in my cast iron skillet!
It has to be breakfast….eggs, hash browns and bacon are the best in cast iron
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Blackberry-Peach Cobbler…paired with some vanilla ice cream, it is truly amazing. Only bake it in my cast iron dutch oven!
Pork chops with apples and onions.