The Cast Iron Baking Book

With 95 delicious recipes for one-pan meals, this best-selling cookbook proves the cast iron skillet is the home cook’s secret weapon for making flavorful, versatile dishes. Learn the ins and outs of using a cast iron skillet—from seasoning and cleaning to cooking tantalizing recipes. Fusing new and traditional recipes full of farm-fresh produce and ingredients, mother-daughter team Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne show you how to make delicious food in this versatile, inexpensive skillet. Recipes include: • Dungeness Crab Cakes with Tarragon Aioli • Dutch Baby (puffed pancake with lemon and powdered sugar) • Grilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Radicchio • Warm Pear Upside Down Cake • And many more! Filled with color photographs and easy recipes, this cast iron skillet cookbook will make new family favorites of delicious one-pan meals.

The complete guide to baking delicious desserts, savory breads, and delectable treats with any tool in your cast-iron collection! Book Description: Cookbook author Dominique DeVito presents a mouthwatering collection of over 175 treats, perfect for cast-iron skillets and Dutch ovens of every size. Complete with gorgeous food photography and a wide range of baking recipes covering breakfast pastries, decadent desserts, savory breads, and more, this definitive cast-iron baking book features: Sour Cream and Dill Scones Crepes Skillet Apple Pancake Applesauce Oatmeal Bread Almond Coffee Cake Spinach and Ricotta Calzones Bacon Cheddar Cornbread Spicy Shrimp Polenta Simply Sensational Irish Soda Bread Quiche with Sautéed Leeks Smoked Salmon Frittata Mashed Potato Blinis Gluten-Free Pear Cranberry Crumble Double Chocolate Decadence Cake Coconut Brown Sugar Cake Gluten-Free Skillet Macaroon Bites Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies And so much more! With tips and tricks dedicated to the care and keeping of your cast-iron tools, this is the perfect pick for culinary newcomers and experts alike. The Cast-Iron Baking Book is part of Cider Mill’s bestselling cast-iron series, which also includes The Cast-Iron Skillet Cookbook, and Cast-Iron Pies.

A tantalizing collection of over 250 recipes tailor-made for the ultimate cooking tool: a cast iron skillet. Complete with gorgeous, full-color photographs and a wide range of recipes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between (even decadent desserts!), this definitive cast iron skillet cookbook is a must-have. While the broad variety of original recipes will appeal to seasoned chefs, chapters dedicated to the care and keeping of your cast iron skillet make this cookbook perfect for newcomers to this booming culinary trend, as do the easy to follow step-by-step recipes.

Stylish and functional cast-iron cookware is prized for its versatility, durability, and exceptional heating capabilities. Now home cooks can get the most out of their cast-iron collection with over 40 recipes for the Dutch oven, skillet, and more. Whether it’s your grandmother’s well-seasoned black skillet or the brightly colored enameled pot you received as a wedding present, cast iron is the perfect choice for nearly any cooking task. You can use a Dutch oven to slow-simmer chicken until meltingly tender; a heavy frying pan to sear steaks to a juicy, browned finish; a ridged stove-top grill pan to cook golden and oozing cheese sandwiches; and a sturdy roasting pan to caramelize sweet root vegetables in the oven. Organized by type of cookware, each chapter shows the many ways to use these popular pots and pans, adored by professional chefs and home cooks alike. More than 40 tempting recipes are included, many of which boast beautiful, full-color photographs. From a hearty vegetable frittata and spicy beef chili to comforting lemon-herb chicken and decadent chocolate bread pudding, this book offers recipes for every meal of the day. Sample Recipes: Dutch Ovens & Braisers Olive oil–braised potatoes with herbs Brussels sprouts with bacon & onions Herbed beef stew Southern-style fried chicken Garlic-braised chicken Asian-style braised short ribs Rustic walnut no-knead bread Berry cobbler Frying Pans Tomato, arugula & goat cheese frittata Dutch baby with cinnamon pears Zucchini fritters with herbed yogurt Jalapeño-cheddar corn bread Grill Pans Summer vegetables with balsamic Fish tacos with mango salsa Chicken under a brick Three-cheese panini Peaches with cardamom honey Baking, Roasting & Gratin Pans Breakfast strata Potato & chard gratin Macaroni & cheese with bread crumbs Meat lasagna Rhubarb & apple crumble

Warm, crumbly cornbread. Chicken sizzling in the pan. Childhood memories filled with delicious, home-cooked dishes and your family there to enjoy it with you. Cast iron's popularity faded in the '70s—replaced by chemically processed cookware—but today's cooks are reigniting a passion for wholesome cast-iron-cooked meals. This ain't your grandma's kitchen—caring for and cooking with cast iron is easy, healthy, and totally Pinterest worthy. In Modern Cast Iron, self-proclaimed cast-iron connoisseur Ashley L. Jones recaptures the ease and joy of cooking with cast-iron cookware. Jones introduces readers to the best brands and types of cast-iron cookware to fulfill any cook's needs. She offers detailed tips and tricks for rescuing old, rusted pans and keeping them properly seasoned, and she shares recommendations for the best cooking oil for every recipe. With Jones's help, both experienced and beginner cooks will be able to rival grandma's cooking. Chock-full of stories from Jones's own childhood growing up with cast-iron meals, as well as recipe after tantalizing recipe—from breakfast quiche to gluten-free meals and beautiful blueberry cobbler—Modern Cast Iron explores the countless ways that cast iron benefits health and happiness. A comprehensive guide to all things cast iron and home-style cookin', Modern Cast Iron offers a new way for cooks to spice up the kitchen using all-natural tools and ingredients.

“There's no one better to offer instruction on how to use the most essential, versatile item in your kitchen.”—Grub Street The cast-iron skillet has been a humble workhorse used for generations to crisp bacon perfectly and fry chicken; now use it to turn out tender scones, cakes, and breads. A curious home cook, Charlotte Druckman has figured out every trick for this versatile pan. Heat the skillet for a few minutes, add some butter to sizzle, and you can brown cheesy arepas, get a crunchy crust on a kimchi-topped hoecake, or blister naan right on the stovetop. Or preheat the pan in the oven and you’re ready to bake no-knead pizza, the gooiest sticky buns, and even a cornflake-milk layer cake. With beautiful photographs, tips for seasoning cast iron, and info on collecting vintage pieces, this book makes cooking so much fun that your skillet will never see the cupboard. “A must-own book. Druckman’s creations leap off the page, and better yet, inspire you to grab a skillet.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Learn to cook it all in cast iron! The cast-iron skillet is a sturdy, versatile, traditional kitchen workhorse that 85% of us own but far fewer of us reach for daily, mostly because we have one or two recipes we use it for and otherwise it stays in the back of the cabinet. In this new cookbook, the editors of Cook's Country will show you everything you need to know about cast-iron cookware and the many (and often surprising) dishes you can cook and bake in this multitasker of a pan, from the classic dishes everyone knows and loves like steak, perfect fried eggs, and cornbread, to innovative and inspiring recipes like skillet apple pie, pizza, and cinnamon swirl bread. Learn about this cast iron's history and what makes it uniquely American and let us show you how to shop for, season, care for, and clean this perfect pan.

Many home cooks have learned from relatives and top chefs about the benefits of cooking in cast iron: it infuses food with more flavor, reaches higher temperatures and is naturally nonstick. But did you know cast iron is the key to the most delicious baking you will ever taste? Think effortless, but unforgettable No-Knead Bread, the most delicious Skillet Berry Cobbler, simple Cornbread Focaccia, decadent Dark Chocolate S'Mores Pie and incredible Maple Pecan Rolls. In The Best Cast-Iron Baking Book, veteran cookbook authors Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore share over 80 sweet and savory recipes. Everything in this book is cooked in a 10-inch skillet or Dutch oven. You'll find breads, biscuits, cobblers, pies, cakes, pizzas, brownies and much more. There are unbeatable, tried-and-true childhood favorites like Southern Pecan Pie and trending sweet treats like a dreamy Caramelized Apple Dutch Baby. Cast-iron baking is easy -- and this cookbook empowers home cooks to bake and use their cast iron confidently. Roxanne and Kathy also include tips for cooking with cast iron and information for how to care for, season and store these versatile products. It's time to make use of that trusty pan and get baking!