Cookbook Project, Book #206

[ladysprite]

"Lodge Best One Dish Recipes"

Holy cow, it's been way too long since I posted here.  Apologies; life has been a bit hectic lately.

Anyway.  This is somewhere between a magazine and a cookbook.  I picked it up mostly because I adore my cast-iron cookware, and will gladly take any excuse to find more reasons to use it.  I'd been meaning to use it for a while - in particular, there was a recipe for mussels and chorizo that looked delicious.  Unfortunately, food and I have been having a bit of a rocky relationship lately.

So I wound up making Luscious Squares instead, partly because I've never used a cast-iron skillet to make dessert before.  These were a bar cookie that bore a strong resemblance to pecan pie - shortbready crust, topping of nuts, butter and brown sugar, baked until gooey and awesome.  The recipe originally called for a powdered sugar glaze, but I decided against it - these things were sweet enough on their own; anything more would have taken them into 'cloying.'

Unsurprisingly, they were excellent, and a lot easier than actual pecan pie.  And I'm hoping that I feel well enough soon enough to try the other recipe.  And once our garden starts producing, there's a recipe for chilaquiles with tomatillo salsa that sounds delicious too.....

Comments

[serakit.livejournal.com]

It's fun finding things that are easier than actual pecan pie, isn't it? "Easier than pecan pie that caters to everyone's dietary restrictions" is how I started making praline pecans. Your recipe sounds closer to pecan pie than praline pecans, so now I am curious.

[curmudgn]

I bought my first cast iron in more than 20 years this week--a Lodge 10½" grill pan. Now I have to work on seasoning it. (The next youngest cast iron I own--and I have a lot--is my 15" skillet, which is 25 years old; the oldest piece is more than 80.)

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

"Apologies; life has been a bit hectic lately."

You're not contractually obligated to blog, and it isn't like Massachusetts has been overrun by rabid cobras, or something equally improbable and worrisome.

Life always comes first.