Food and Recipes Dish These Cast-Iron Recipes Will Take You From Breakfast to Dessert By Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon is an Associate Digital Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on November 2, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Photo: Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox If you own a cast-iron skillet, you adore it. If you don't own a cast-iron skillet, we suggest you buy one immediately. A well-seasoned cast-iron skillet is the key to some of our best recipes, and we've got proof that you can use it to make breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. When cooking with cast-iron, you can make recipes on the stovetop, in the oven, and even on the grill. There's nothing better than a one-pot meal to minimize cleanup time, and these recipes are to die for. With cast-iron skillet breakfast recipes like potato bacon hash and our biggest cinnamon roll ever, you can satisfy savory and sweet cravings. When baking cast-iron skillet desserts, you get a browned crust and a soft, tender center, and we think that any warm cast-iron skillet dessert is best served with a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream. Be sure your cast-iron skillet is properly seasoned, because you'll want to use it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert with these incredible recipes. 01 of 07 Potato-Bacon Hash Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Potato-Bacon Hash Southern-style brunch is served with this full-of-flavor hash recipe. 02 of 07 Classic Grilled Cheese Photo: Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Classic Grilled Cheese You can't go wrong with an all-time classic grilled cheese like this golden brown, perfectly cheesy, slightly crunchy one. 03 of 07 Cast-Iron Pork Cacciatore Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Cast-Iron Pork Cacciatore This beautiful pork skillet recipe is on the table in just 30 minutes. Oh yes we did. 04 of 07 Beef Stew with Buttery Garlic Bread Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Beef Stew with Buttery Garlic Bread There's nothing like a warm beef stew to comfort you on a cold night. Put the bread in your cast-iron skillet, not the oven, for the crispiest result. 05 of 07 Lighter Pan-Fried Chicken with Green Beans and Tomatoes Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Lighter Pan-Fried Chicken with Green Beans and Tomatoes When you pan-fry in a cast-iron skillet, you still get deep-fryer quality crispiness. 06 of 07 Skillet Caramel Apple Pie Photo: Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Skillet Caramel Apple Pie If you're going to bake apple pie this fall, choose this skillet version that's made with a rich, bourbon-spiked caramel sauce. 07 of 07 Texas Skillet Cake Stephen DeVries, Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Texas Skillet Cake The classic Texas sheet cake flavor you love with the thickness and decadence of a brownie. Need we say more? Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit