I started a tradition with my kids. I bought a cast iron when each of them were born. I cook all of our family meals in our cast irons and when they move out, they each get their cast iron infused with lots of love and memories. ❤❤❤

May I add a testimony to cast iron? My skillets belonged to my grandmother -- and I'm 68 years old myself. I don't know where or when she got them but it's an easy bet that they're 100 years old or more... maybe they were hand-me-downs for her! They've been in pretty constant use for a century.

My grandmother cooked 90% of her meals in the cast iron pans. He upside down pineapple cake was to die for!FYI I still use her pans today. Perfectly seasoned.

I make pizzas in a cast iron pan similar to your second method - NO oil, but before you put your dough in, sprinkle the bottom of the pan with corn meal. Helps to keep the dough from sticking to the pan, makes the heat more even for some reason, and gives it a nice extra crunch.

I grew up with Dutch Babies for brunch after church many a weekend. We went the sweet route: omit asparagus, top with powdered sugar, a fruit spread, syrup, etc. That lemon and honey idea is amazing! We'd make it in a Dutch oven, which allowed the sides to go even higher. The bottom was perfectly crispy because we'd heat the Dutch oven in the oven with butter, then take it out and add the batter before putting it back in to bake. Awesome episode! Thanks for doing all the meals of the day!

You *almost* always want your caramel/toffee to be a little on the firm side when you make turnover cakes with fruit. As soon as it starts to get warm it transfers the heat to the fruit which starts to release water which the sugar in the caramel REALLY wants, preventing it from burning under the cake.

Cast iron is in constant use in my home. That's how I grew up. I am now 66 years old and still use a 14" cast iron skillet that my mother always used to cook on when we went wilderness camping. I also still have all of the cast iron that I had from when I was newlywed at 18 years old. My grandmother used to make her cornbread on the stovetop using her cast iron skillet. Good memories.

I make big yorkshire puddings in my cast iron, almost identical to your Dutch babies. One of my favourite things to use my cast iron for.

I like to add nutmeg to my Dutch baby batter and then eat it with powdered sugar. Simple but amazing

Would love to see a cast iron Dutch oven series.

Greetings from New Zealand. Have never had (or even heard of) a Dutch Baby, but I do love a good Yorkshire pudding, which is basically the same thing, only savory. Never thought of using my cast iron pan for it, but the heat retention would waaaaay better than the silicon muffin tray I use at the moment (otherwise, I only seem to be able to find aluminium ones and I won't use aluminium cookware). I could just do one big pud, rather than 6 small ones. So I gave it a go - worked fabulously! A big advantage with using the cast iron was that instead of heating the oven for 15 mins, then heating the oil in the muffin tray in the oven for 15 mins after that, I just heat the oil in the pan on the stove while the oven was heating. Thanks 😊

FYI your Dutch Baby sorta like British Yorkshire pudding which uses the dripping from a Beef Roast as part of a traditional "Sunday Dinner"

A restaurant my family enjoyed when I was a kid had a few secret menus items. I saw my first dutch baby, filled with sliced bananas and strawberries and dusted with powdered sugar. I ordered it. Soon it was a family favorite. They served it with baked apple slices too. I learned to make them when I reached my early teens.

I was raised cooking with a cast iron skillet and other pans, you’d be amazed at the things that you can cook in your cast iron skillet to come out so much better than any other pan. They’re versatile for a lot of things.

Yes I know Dutch Babies. My mom, every Sunday for breakfast, would make what I guess is a Dutch Baby. It was plain with nothing put in it, but after cooking, sprinkled with lemon juice and powdered sugar and served with syrupy cooked strawberries (like you'd find on cheesecake). We called it "lemon pancake"

I’m in the uk and cast iron fills people with fear, it’s a fantastic addition to all kitchens mine cost £6 a few years ago the best £6 I’ve spent in the kitchen also it’s more economical to use because of its heat retention and to top it off no Teflon or any chemicals it’s a fantastic bit of kit, I actually have a everlasting bond with my cast iron pans, my eldest son will be using them when I’m long gone. As this fantastic video shows it’s very simple to cook with

I too have a hand-me-down cast iron pan. It belonged to my father's grandmother. It is definitely over 100 years old, as I am 61. I still use it on a regular basis. I feel incredibly lucky to have this pan and will pass it down to my son with all its love.

Paused the video and made a Dutch Baby (w/Broccolini & Feta) for my wife and daughter. Used GF 1to1 flour so it didn’t poof-up as much but DAMN it was GOOD! The honey/lemon drizzle is a nice touch! Thanks Mike! Dutch Babies are now in my repertoire! 😁❤️

My favorite cast iron pan was used on the frontier by my grandparents during the late-1800s. It's been used near daily for well over a century. Doubt it's ever had a pizza cooked in it. The Neapolitan pizza looked right. Going to have to try that.

I've got a set of Griswold cast iron skillets that turned 100 last year. They were my grandfather's pans and they are my every day pans, they're an absolute dream to cook on

I love that cake recipe. It's actually very versatile. You can probably swap in almost any fruit or berry you have around the house for the peaches. Make the caramel sauce only if it pairs with the fruit. I'll bet fall apples with a pinch of cinnamon and covered in caramel would be great this weekend. 😋 🍎

I have many pieces of cast iron and absolutely LOVE them!! Some are at least 100 years old and some are relatively new at 15 years old.

I use and love my cast iron cookware. Many of the pieces i restored. It gives me such satisfaction to take a rusty old pan or pot and give it new life. Better than buying new.

Mike seems a little more unhinged than usual in this video… and I am HERE FOR IT! I love the realism. I love when creators are real and not just pretending to be something that they aren’t. Also, I’ve been hip to Dutch babies since the Bobs Burgers Christmas episode and it’s an all time favorite.

I just found this channel yesterday and plan to implement alot of tips I've already watched ( grocery day is Monday for me so I'm excited got the pantry prepped and the fridge cleaned) anyway so I've been organizing my life and found my caste iron skillets I got for my birthday or Christmas a few years ago...and was wondering what things I could cook in them and literally just 3-4 hours of thinking about that I get recommend this video I love when life just gives you and easy pass on something a treat if you will... Thanks for the amazing ideas and for sharing your tips 🙂

Brilliant list! Dutch baby looks identical to the way some areas of the UK serve a "Yorkshire pudding", just to add to the recipes you can look up for using them.

When the peaches on my peach tree are ready next month, I will be making that peach cake. Thank you for the cast iron recipes.

If you like the dutch babies and want a more savoury version look up "toad in the hole". You could still do it in the cast iron, or a in a roasting tin. Basically start cooking some decent quality sausages in the pan, then when they are browned off, pour in the batter and put in in the oven. Really easy and super tasty!

Dutch baby - in oz and the UK we'd call that Yorkshire pudding. I like to cook toad-in-the-hole, a savoury version with sausages.

I used to make Pizza's in a cast iron skillet in the grill when we went camping. The grill works just like an oven. The best crust and pizza you ever ate. And made cobblers and cakes in my Dutch Oven when we camped. The other campers couldn't believe how easy and good it was. I'm 60 now and that was many years ago when my boys were little. You can make anything in cast iron and it's always better tasting.

I'm glad you shared this because, I agree, most people don't use their cast iron nearly enough. I make all of the items you showed, except the pot pie, but I never knew I could do a Neapolitan style pizza -- I'm going to try it as a nice change from the pan pizzas we make. Dutch babies are regular in our home. I also make cornbread in mine and tarte tatin. And some of the more common things we use ours for (besides simple frying) are patatas bravas / roasted potatoes, scones/biscuits, and one-pan oven meals including paella.

Starting the pizza on the stove top is a game changer. Thank you!

The Dutch baby is a weird sweet large Yorkshire pudding!

I grew up with a Texan father and a Californian mother, and we called Dutch babies “Sunday Special Pancakes.” I dunno. There was SO much melted butter in the batter, and nutmeg, then we ate it with fresh squeezed lemon juice and powdered sugar. I’ve never had a savory version. Omg I’m totally having some in the morning! Thanks for the idea! 😛😛😛💗 I was raised to treat cast iron pans as a member of the family. 🥰

You saved the day! I was facing a 29 degree morning with nothing in the house for breakfast. Then you reminded me of the dutch baby. I didn't have enough milk, so used a mix of milk and yogurt. Also had an apple that was on it's last leg, so browned it in the pan before adding the batter. No lemons, so thinned some Yuzu marmalade with water and dolloped that on the top. By the way, you can use leftover sourdough starter in the batter. Such a versatile recipe.

if you want a really nice flower flavour on top of nectarines/peaches, try lavender. one of my all time best combos out there :)

I can't even remember how I originally found you- but it was years ago on The Brothers Green channel. I'm glad I did, though. All this time and I have never been disappointed! You guys have seriously made me much more comfortable in the kitchen. Thanks for your content!!

I found a cast iron pan on the street, someone had thrown it away, probably because there was some rust. Neat find! I scrubbed the rust off and seasoned it. Still using it 10 years later.

When I cook something like pizza, I pre heat the pan in the oven to the hottest degree, then quickly quickly quickly place everything in/.

I cook 90+% of my meals on a cast iron pan. Breakfast omelettes, pasta sauces, curries and of course, searing protein. My nonstick pan has sat unused for over 2 years now and my stainless steel sees a tenth the amount of game-time that it used to.

I'm going back overseas for several months and just can't justify the weight or cost to ship my cast iron pans. I'm going to miss them so much! I appreciate this video because I'm going to make pizza before I leave next week, and duh, I never thought to use the broiler function! I always use the second method but can never get my oven hot enough to mimic a pizza oven. Thank you!!

I watch your videos all the time they’re always entertaining I especially appreciate The honesty that we all make mistakes while cooking but we can all learn from the mistake and be better than next time so include them once in a while in your videos it just shows you’re the real deal

I am SO in love with you’re excited, freewheeling style here, Mike! Your excitement is palpable. Thank you for the deliciousness that is your cooking magic!

Hi Mike, I am so excited about your channel. You are so easy to follow and informative. I discovered you with looking for Kombucha! Amazing. Now I’m on to ALL you “classes”. I’m 76 years old and haven’t been this enthusiastic about being in my kitchen for a long time. Love all your recipes! Thank you, thank you!! Donna

I always preheat my pan (that I bought in a camping store) for pizza and start cooking on the stove top. I finish it under a broiler when the bottom is starting to get dark flecks. "Dutch Baby" is basically the same as Yorkshire pudding. I use lard and get it smoking hot before adding the batter

I did the chicken pot pie but with leftover christmas turkey. First time ever making my own pie crust. super easy! Instead of butter I used the turkey drippings from the pan to cook the vegetables and make the roux. It was so easy and very tasty!

The 15in pan is always available "used like new" on Amazon for much less because people don't realize how big and heavy they are. That's how I bought mine.

For the love of all that's crispy and delicious the Dutch Baby is life changing. My 1st attempt had a few additions like about 1 tsp vanilla (would add more next time) in the batter, cream cheese, and honey. When it had 5 mins left in the oven, I pulled it and topped with 1/4 in slices of semi-room-temp cream cheese then lowered temp to 400 for the last 5 min. (mine was a tad dark on the top of the crust which I assume is probably because the batter was still kind of cold prior to pouring into skillet). It was cooked perfect though so my 1st slice was right out of the oven with the cc and it was fantastic. The 2nd slice had a drizzle of honey which sent it over the top. Look forward to making some kind of breakfast / lunch roll ups with these. Thank you for the great content, it really does help a lot of us home kitchen destroyers.

Being from Texas, when I think of cast iron, I think of grandma's cornbread. 😋 Everything in this video looks absolutely wonderful! 👍

Tip for rehabilitating a crusty, nasty - but cheap - flea market cast iron pan... Pop it into a self-cleaning electric oven on the self-cleaning cycle. It will come out looking like the day it was cast at the factory. (Let it cool, and just brush off the fluffy ash that was all that crustiness.) Season it 3 or 4 times to give it a good, protective coating of polymerized oil. You now have a perfectly clean and well seasoned pan!

One of my family members wanted a cast iron pan as a gift, and now we all love it. No flaky, chemical-coated cooking surface, cooks so well, easy to clean (BUT follow the directions on how to treat them…they aren’t hard, but don’t ignore). I also now see why they show people using them as a weapon in cartoons….they have quite a lot of weight.

The pot pie portion inspired me. Right now I'm about to pull out a turkey pot pie. Didn't use butter to cook the veggies, but rather the pan drippings. The house smells amazing right now.

Similar to the peach cake recipe, & just as simple, is Tarte Tatin. You make the caramel the same, cook the apples in it, top with pastry & bake. It’s probably my go-to recipe using the skillet.

That cake with the peach sunburst on top is super good and really not that hard to make. I started making them about 2 years ago and they are amazing. I didn't get the idea from a cookbook but I didn't imagine that I was the first to think of it.

I use my great grandmother’s cast iron pans. We moved in to my husband’s granny’s house and inherited her cast iron and great Uncle Charlie’s cast iron, too. A friend collected Dutch ovens and I inherited her collection. This stuff is going to last so many generations it’s impressive.

This is the first video of yours I have watched and your enthusiasm caused me to subscribed. I have been wanting to do more with my cast iron pans and your video did it for me! Thank you and GREAT VIDEO!!!!! I will try all these dishes! I even posted you to my Pinterest board, FOOD! FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD FOOD FOOD.

Great recipes and I agree that the top crust only on the pot pie is probably fine, BUT the bottom crust is easy (as pie) if you par-bake it. I've been following Alton's recipe for years and it gets rave reviews.

My family breakfast isn't pancakes it's actually big dutch babies! Savory or sweet their always delicious, I highly recommend everyone try them at least once. Our family prefer just syrup with a touch of nutmeg

Gotta say...as an iron skillet gal, that cake looks.....wow! Thank you for inspiring me. My favorite old had me down grandmas Griswold pan, actually broke. My ex dropped it on the slate tile floor and the handle broke the edge cracked . Crazy. It was 10 inch,light weight compared to many. Still have not found an antique one like it I can afford. I will look at the new ones.

I loved this video. I cook in cast iron all the time but love to see new recipes or variations on old ones to try. Here is a tip for the cilantro/coriander seeds from your garden - of course, they can be used as a seasoning just as you did but if you steep some of the seeds in a cup of boiling water you have a tea that can alleviate mild tummy upsets. When my children were young and would complain of a little tummy ache out would come the coriander seeds and soon there would be a soothing tea to drink. They liked the taste and it always helped. Just be aware it is not for major problems, just the occasional small upset.

These are great! I love cast iron and my 12" skillet lives on my stovetop. I use it almost every day for all kinds of things, from breakfast to late night snacks. I almost always have a thin layer of some kind of fat in it (usually bacon) and it makes the best popcorn ever. I discovered Dutch babies a few years ago and you are right those are so simple and versatile I am surprised it took me so long to learn about them.

You never have to worry about cast iron. The more you cook with it, the better it will get over time. You take good care of it, it will take good care of you. I still have my mom and dad's old-fashioned cast iron skillet and I have no idea how old it really is, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Everything looked so delicious. I love cast iron, and ours get used daily. Around 35 years ago, I made a beef stew in a cast iron Dutch oven. I cooked it slow. My husband was eating it, and out of the blue, he said this wasn't Dinty Moore Beef Stew. I said no. He said it was better. Then he told me the story of his grandmother making a beef stew, and he told her it was not as good as Dinty Moore. She never forgave him for that comment. I told him the secret was using cast iron. I love a good homemade Peach Cobbler cooked in a Dutch Oven. That pot pie really looked delicious.

When making pizza in a Cast Iron pan i like to fry up some chorizo bits in the pan first then let that cool a bit, throw in the pizza base\toppings (cooked chorizo being one of them) so that way the base has chorizo goodness baked in. I add some extra oil if needed so the base doesn't burn

I love your video. I would love a part 2 of recipes with cast iron pans. I bought 2 enamelled cast iron pans a year ago and I am still learning to use them.

I have quite a collection as well! My first one was a gift from my mother- in- law. When my husband and I were dating we both worked ten hour jobs and rarer saw each other except for the weekend when we both had time off. We decided to do dinner at my house on a work day and I was tired but still wanted to cook something,even if it wasn’t “ homeade “. So I grabbed a can of chili and started to reach for a box of jiffy mix to make cornbread muffins. My now sweet husband of 13 years looked at me and said,” That’s not how my momma makes it.” I glared at him and said “You’re REALLY going to bite the hand that feeds you right now?” I never grew up with cooking with cast iron. A week later his mom sent me one of her own cast iron pans and a recipe for her cornbread. Funny story…. The shipping from Arkansas to Wyoming was more than what I could have spent on a lodge one from Walmart! Hee! It is now one of my favorite pans out of my collection of ten and I am well known among my family as the cornbread queen and have become kind of snobby about it. I recently discovered that grinding corn takes it up a whole new level as well- way cornier in flavor! I think everyone can agree that once they start cooking with cast iron they never go back!

Yes the Dutch baby!!! My mom raised us on the joy of cooking Dutch baby- we would double the recipe (so we called it double dutch!) and and cook it in a glass 9×12-- I stopped making them as I grew up because of how sweet it was--- I'm definitely going to start playing around with savory Dutch baby!

Mobile Users: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Pizza 05:14 - Dutch Baby 08:41 - Top Cast Iron 10:23 - Chicken Pot Pie 16:15 - Peach Turnover

I hope you are writing a cookbook... your recipes looks so easy and amazing... I would love to have them in a bundle and turn the pages of this mouth watering compilation.

I make pizza out of a cast iron differently. I turned up the pizza oven at the highest temperature mine was 525 degrees. I have a pizza cast iron. I put dough on my pizza pattle with corn meal on the pattle. Put corn meal on the cast iron also when it has been heated up. Slide the pizza dough into the cast iron and let it cook a little bit. Then open the oven and put all the ingredients on the pizza then put it back. Continue to cook the pizza. It will get a great crust on the bottom and nice color on top. That's the way I cook my pizza in a regular conventional oven. It's a little bit dangerous because cast oven pizza is very hot.

Cast iron is the BEST! We have mostly heirloom pans from grandmas and church sales and the "best Xmas present ever" dutch oven for stews and camping. Total of 5 pans (round, square, deep, shallow, 5" to 12" wide) one 10" Chicken Fryer pot/pan (it says "10" Chicken Fryer" on the bottom LOL) and the dutch oven. They're all used every day for every thing! Most interesting piece of cast iron I've seen was an antique wash board!

The most fun I had watching a cooking video. I can relate. I don't follow recipes and often just morph them from several I like. I love how much you enjoyed your own dishes ❤😂

Chicken pot pie is one of my favorite comfort foods especially during the fall/ winter. I could eat a whole pie to my self haha, pizza is my second favorite food to make one of my passions.

I only cook on cast iron. Love them! One of mine was my parents so it’s probably at least 75 years old. I have others I got at auctions and flea markets. Can’t beat them for cooking anything! People who have just discovered “ black Stones” are behind the times! Great video! Thanks for Sharing!

For a the full pizza breakdown www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDOBk... "This video is not available anymore" wtf?

So timely! My new cast irons pans arrive tomorrow! This will be fun, and thanks again for an amazing episode!

I've been making butter crusts for my apple pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas for...this will be my 11th year. Sometimes on Halloween. I'm very familiar with a butter crust. I never thought to use it for a pot pie. I've just used puff pastry, but homemade butter crust sounds far better

I just love your enthusiasm for cooking and eating! I’d got a bit stale providing food every day and you’ve really given me my mojo back! Thank you 😊

Great video and storytelling. Subscribed!

Make sure you save a handful of those beans when they dry, so you can save to plant next year. I actually grow beans in the spring and when summer is at the fullest and the beans dry on the plants, I take them off, pull out the plants and bury those dry seeds at the same time and will grow for your fall crop

Can't add pics but tried my first cast iron sausage pizza! Came out great!

I have 3 cast-iron pans from 1902 I use daily that my grandfather gave me. Truly are my favorite things in my kitchen.

I like your reactions when you take your first taste of what you've made!! Motivates me!

This video was very informative but i also learned what a broiler does (04:16) and where it is in the oven haha

I have used my hand me down cast iron for all my baking. I couldn't afford baking pans so cast iron served all my needs. Pies come out especially good, the bottom crust was never soggy.

YES, zucchini flowers and anchovies are a combination of toppings to die for. Also, the flowers are delicious filled with mozzarella, anchovies and then fried

I've watched a lot of TV cooking shows. It seems the secret to maintaining chef status is to give all of your botched dishes a creative name.

That peach cake looked amazing! Not the same cast iron pan, but small ramekins for pot pies are perfect. Everyone gets their own small crust.

I just wanted to say that this is by far my favorite cooking channel on KZfaq, and it has helped me a lot! I really dislike cooking, but whenever I watch your videos, I feel inspired. Thank you!

Cast irons are also good for making Shepards/Cottage Pie as they easily transition from stovetop to oven once topped with the potatoes.

Just love your videos you have helped me try cooking things I would of been scared to try to make anything. I truly appreciate all your hard work making all these videos for us. I'm in my 60's have been baking for years and cooking but I'm a casserole queen because I always had a crowd for meals. I have 3 daughter's and took in 5 kids when mine were in middle school and high school plus all my kid's friends would come stay over even though I had a small 3 bedroom home we always had a crowd I didn't mind I'd rather the kids be safe with me than out on the streets getting hurt somehow. I have 11 grandkids they love eating too so your new ideas in my kitchen have gone over well with them. 😁🥰❤💯

so for potpie. ill just make a base and then roll out a slightly thick rolled biscuit recipe (I usually just pull from whatever cookbook is handy, usually joy of cooking) to top. then I'll sometimes brush with egg wash or brush with butter closer to the end while finishing in the oven. You can make a ton of food in a half sheet steamer pan. and oh come on, use that extra pie dough and make a design on the top! curious about the milo enamel coated pan. the cooking side is dark enamel? or just cast iron?

thanks, your vids have been a big help in my kitchen!

Cast iron pans work really well on Induction Tops. Unlike none stick You can give them a scrub if they need it . And last forever as long as you oil them.

I’m totally trying this Dutch baby thing 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I made a random pineapple upside down cake in my cast iron and it was just....amazing. I'll have to try this thanks!

That would probably be the last thing you would need in the woods honestly speaking but I love this video and most of your videos are very very good that’s why I’m a subscriber. Keep the content coming buddy.

We have a large cowboy style cast iron, and my girlfriend found a simple peach cobbler recipe that uses canned peaches and vanilla cake batter.. comes out fantastic! We love all of our cast irons..!

My grandmother used to make the best cornbread in her ancient cast iron skillet

A good cast iron pan, cured with use, is a treasure. My Mum taught me much and bequeathed me her pan. Fritatas. Rice. Fried rice. Hamburgers. Meatloaf. The pan is awesome.