Here’s a nice and easy cast iron recipe (especially nice when fresh peaches are in season).
Peach Cobbler:
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1 Cup White Granulated Sugar
- 3 tsp Baking Powder
- pinch of Salt
- 1/4 Cup of Butter
- About 6 Peaches
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Preheat Oven to 375°F
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Slice peaches into 12 equal segments, remove skin, place in a bowl. If you like, spinkle some sugar & cinnamon to your liking (I think they’re fine on their own).
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In another bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add milk and whisk until smooth.
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In a 10"-12" Cast Iron pan, melt 1/4 Cup of Butter on low heat.
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Once butter is melted, pour batter into pan, then pour fruit on top. Spread fruit around, but don’t mix in with the batter too much.
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Bake in oven at 375°F for 30-45 minutes until golden brown on top.
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Serve with vanilla ice cream.
It was my first (and accidental) forray into cast iron.
My girlfriend’s family did a secret santa, and I had a saucepan on my wishlist. Instead of a saucepan, I got that, which launched my interest in cast iron (further boosted by, oddly enough, “The Truth About Vintage Amps” podcast, which spends a suprizing amount of time discussing cast iron for a podcast about old tube amps lol).
I ended up buying a “learner” pan at Value Village, a ~6" cast iron pan that was in need of some TLC. I stripped it, and learned how to season it. Once I had it down on that, I bought a #8 GSW pan on marketplace for $15, and then my girlfriends mom gave me her two Wagner 1891 pans (the ones with the embossed seasoning instructions).
Nowadays, this square pan has taken a backseat to the GSW and 2 Wagners and is usually just for baking.
That’s a fun little back story! And you’ve just inspired an idea for a new thread I’m going to start to ask people about how they got started with cast iron and where they are now.