Love cooking with cast iron? This is your spot! From skillet breakfasts to baked goodies and cozy dinners, these recipes are all about using your favorite pans to make simple, tasty meals with that old-school flavor.
Pull Apart Garlic Knots from Scratch (Easy Cast Iron Recipe) Few things make a kitchen smell as inviting as homemade bread, and these pull apart garlic knots might just be the ultimate comfort food. Golden brown, buttery, garlicky, and soft enough to melt in your mouth, this recipe proves you don’t need a bread machine…
Homemade Salisbury Steak Meatballs in Cast Iron (Easy Recipe) Some dinners just scream comfort food, and Salisbury steak meatballs are right at the top of that list. Juicy beef meatballs seasoned just right, browned in a cast iron skillet, and smothered in rich onion-mushroom gravy—this recipe takes a classic TV dinner favorite and makes it…
Strawberry Upside Down Cake in Cast Iron Skillet (Easy Recipe) Some desserts are just meant to be baked in cast iron, and this strawberry upside down cake is one of them. Sweet, caramelized strawberries melt into a buttery topping that soaks into the cake beneath, creating the perfect bite every time. It’s rustic, it’s Southern,…
Homemade Philly Cheesesteak Skillet Recipe (Cast Iron Style) If there’s one meal that always brings a crowd running, it’s a hot, cheesy Philly cheesesteak. While most people think of it as a sandwich shop classic, you can easily make a Philly cheesesteak skillet dinner at home with just a few ingredients and a good cast…
Giant Lasagna Recipe for a Crowd (Fish Pan Lasagna) When you need to feed an army – or at least a big hungry family – a regular 9×13 lasagna pan just won’t cut it. That’s when you break out the fish pan and go big. This recipe is the definition of over-the-top comfort food: a…
Old Fashioned Hot Dog Meat Sauce Recipe (Grandpa’s Style) If you grew up going to small-town diners, Friday night football games, or backyard cookouts, chances are you’ve had a hot dog topped with rich, savory meat sauce. Around here, it’s not just chili—it’s Grandpa’s old school hot dog meat sauce. This recipe has been passed…
Authentic Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe (Louisiana Style) When the temperatures drop in South Louisiana, folks don’t just grab a sweater – they reach for their cast iron pots. That’s because cool weather means one thing around here: gumbo season. Nothing warms you from the inside out quite like a steaming bowl of chicken and…
Easy Apple Cinnamon Roll Dessert – Skillet Pie Recipe There’s nothing quite like the smell of warm apples and cinnamon baking in the oven. It’s cozy, nostalgic, and instantly makes you think of fall gatherings and holidays at Grandma’s house. But here’s the best part: you don’t need to spend hours making pie crust from…
Charly’s Gamma Bread – Soft White Bread in Cast Iron There’s something deeply nostalgic about the smell of fresh bread wafting through the house. If you grew up with a grandmother or mother who always had a loaf cooling on the counter, you know that comforting feeling of slicing into a warm loaf, steam rising,…
A Cozy Cast Iron Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits If you grew up in the U.S. South or Midwest like I did, chances are you remember the smell of chicken pot pie drifting from your mama’s or grandma’s kitchen. For many, pot pie meant a flaky pastry crust—but in our house, my mom always made…
