CAST IRON SKILLET RECIPES

         We make giant cookie for to which bring customer back - Mrs Kowalski, Bruce Almighty

    Adapted from Skillet Baked Chocolate Cookie from Martha Stewart's Living

   Nothing like a chocolate chip cookie to cure a sweet tooth and this is big enough to make a lot of teeth very happy.

   For this I used my Lodge 10" cast iron skillet and it was perfect for size.

For this Cookie:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3/4/cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt, and set aside. In an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the softened butter, sugar, and brown sugar till well mixed. Add egg and vanilla and mix until fully encorporated into the batter. Add the flour mixture and beat till combined, the add the chocolate chips and walnuts and combine.

Place dough into a 10" cast iron skillet and press flat. A piece of wax paper on top of the dough makes this a cinch. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 45 minutes until theedge is brown and the center is golden. Remove from oven and let cool.
When cool, transfer the cookie to a cooling rack. This is as easy as just flipping the pan over as cast iron is inherently non-stick. Mine just popped right out and onto the rack.

Once it has cooled, cut into your favorite shapes. I went with the wedges but squares will probably be easier to store.
Providing there is any left.

Easy Skillet Shepards Pie

Here's a nice simple skillet recipe that's easy and fun. Shepards pie combines all that is tasty into one easy to make dish for those cold evenings and takes advantage of the weekly sales at the store.

For this recipe you'll need:

1lb Stir Fry beef, diced
1 Medium Onion, diced
1 12 oz pkg Frozen Carrots and Peas
1 8 oz pkg Sliced Fresh Mushrooms
1 1.25 oz pkg Beef Stew Seasoning
1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Lawreys Seasoned Salt
1/8 tsp Lawreys Seasoned Pepper
2 4 oz Packages Idahoan Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Combine flour, seasoned salt and pepper in glass bowl. Add meat and toss to coat. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat an transfer meat to skillet shaking off excess flour. Cook until meat is brown on all sides.

Add onions, mushrooms, and frozen peas and carrots, continue cooking over medium heat until peas and carrots are tender.

Mix stew seasoning with 3 cups hot water and add to skillet. Reduce heat to low and let simmer, stirring occasionaly, until thickened. While stew is thickening, prepare instant potatoes according to package directions.

Scoop potatoes on top of stew mix and spread evenly.

Transfer skillet to oven and broil on center rack until potatoes are brown. Scoop into serving dishes with some stew on the side if you please.

CAST IRON SKILLET RECIPES

For this Cookie:

Easy Skillet Shepards Pie Here's a nice simple skillet recipe that's easy and fun. Shepards pie combines all that is tasty into one easy to make dish for those cold evenings and takes advantage of the weekly sales at the store.

For this recipe you'll need:

Easy Skillet Shepards Pie

Here's a nice simple skillet recipe that's easy and fun. Shepards pie combines all that is tasty into one easy to make dish for those cold evenings and takes advantage of the weekly sales at the store.