Grandma’s Iron Skillet Apple Pie

Grandma must have ruined many cast iron skillets! Guess what happens when molten brown sugar cools on the bottom of the skillet? It turns to porcelain! Really difficult to clean. Wastes sugar, the first pie crust and some apples. As for the rest it tastes just fine. Just stick (pun intended) to traditional pie plates.

Fantastic pie!! We made this pie with a homemade gluten free pie crust, dividing a 2 crust pastry into 3 pieces before rolling. It was a perfect amount of crust. We also added raisins per one reviewer, and a tiny amount of allspice and cloves per another reviewer. Used a bit less white sugar in middle layer. We baked it 10 extra minutes. It was seriously amazing! Held its shape even when cut before it was cool. So delicious!! This will definitely be our go to apple pie from now on, but we are talking about using this same 3 crust cast iron skillet method to experiment with other fillings such as mincemeat.

Family loved it requested it the next weekend.

Easy peasy and fabulous!

Thanks for giving my baking inspirations confidence! This was my 1st time ever making an apple pie and this recipe made my attempts a compete success! It was loved by everyone! The pie held together once sliced and served, which I was concerned about considering the pie crusts were layered. Nothing stuck to the bottom. I did have to cook it an additional 25 minutes – well worth the wait! You don’t even need icecream on top, it’s that delicious!

It was pretty easy and delicious! I have made a lot of apple pies, but never in a cast iron skillet. I’m always afraid that food will stick to it, but so many people swear by their cast iron so I’m trying to get over the fear lol. This recipe didn’t stick at all. I have an easy recipe for pie crust so I made my own, and I used a 12” skillet since I don’t have a 9” one. It took a little longer to cook than the stated time but it turned out beautifully. I had two pieces. Yum!!

Really delicious recipe, only used 2 pie crusts and 6 apples.

Back off on the sugar and add rum soaked raisins,was delicious.

this is an amazing recipe, i sometimes try different things as cooks do but the base recipe itself is unbelievably delicious. the reviews giving less than 5 stars arent doing the actual recipe they are doing the changes they made

I used a bit less white sugar and a little more cinnamon. Baked it 10 extra minutes. Easy peasy recipe . Delicious!!!!

So, while we liked this pie as is, I have altered the recipe a little bit. 1. I only used 1/2 stick of butter in the skillet, rather than a whole one. 2. I only used 1/3 cup brown sugar with the butter in the skillet. The rest goes in the dry mix. 3. I only use 3/4 cup white sugar, plus a tblsp to sprinkle on the top. 4. I add the following spices: 1/4 tsp allspice, 1/8 tsp ground cloves. 5. I mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and then coat the apple slices before filling the pastry. The cloves really add a little something that people really like, but just can’t quite identify, until I tell them the ‘secret’ ingredient.

Delicious and EASY. The brown sugar was stuck to the bottom under the pie crust. It wouldn’t dip out. Not sure I’ll ever get my skillet clean again. Only used 2 crusts. Used 4 granny Smith and one red apple. Used apple pie spice instead of plain cinnamon.

It’s great! I cut back on the sugar by 1/3 because I used 7 medium-sized really sweet Gala apples that were about to turn, and as I sprinkled sugar, and saw it pile up, it seemed to be too much. Everything else went super well, just as per recipe! Wish I had 4 more apples in the pie! I will use this recipe again and leave the apple slices bigger for more body. Beautifully flaky, sweet, sticky and delicious!

This is my 4th year to make this. It’s become a family favorite. The first year, the nephews and nieces asked me to bring another the next day for breakfast, so now I just make two. I make it as written, although I could probably cut back on the sugar a bit.

I’ve made this recipes a couple of years ago. Guess, I’ll be making it this year. Grandson, called at 10 0’clock at night and asked if I was going to be bringing that delicious pie I’d made a couple of years ago? With that being said, when they’re asking in a round about way ? I’ll be bringing this year to the family. I’ll take pictures, the one thing I changed was, I had 5 different varieties of Apples. You could literally taste the difference of every apple, it made it memorable. Happy Tidings

I only used two pie crust added nutmeg and vanilla flavored cooked five extra minutes turned out perfect

This is the second time I made this! It is THE BEST APPLE PIE!!

My first attempt at an Apple pie. This was delicious!

I have a 12” skillet, so I used 10 apples to fill my pan. I also only had 2 pie crusts so I skipped the middle layer and just made a normal pie. It did not stick at all to my pan. And it was so sweet even doubling the apples & leaving it all the same. I can’t imagine how sweet it is normally, but I liked it and will make it again!

This was really easy to make and delicious, only thing was the apples turned out mushy.

Good crust on top. Wish the interior crust was a bit more flaky and crispy though although I only baked it for 30 minutes because it was getting late and we were hungry. 🙂 But pretty easy to make as long as the crusts aren’t frozen or too cold. I added nutmeg and allspice at each layer in addition to the nutmeg to give it extra flavor. My husband loved it, so I would try again but just leaving it in for longer and definitely including the extra spices.