#Skillet

Oat Apple Cake in a Pan

An apple cake cooked entirely in a frying pan, with no oven and no flour. Ground rolled oats are soaked in warm water for 10 minutes until they thicken, then mixed with eggs, honey, cinnamon and baking powder into a thick batter with chopped dried apricots, cranberries and nuts. A buttered parchment circle, a thin layer of brown sugar and a ring of thin apple slices go into the pan first, the batter on top. It cooks covered on low heat, is flipped between two sheets of parchment so the apples end up on top in their caramel, and finishes with 10 more minutes. Serves 6.

60 min6 servings

EasyEuropean

Potato Pocket with Ground Meat & Cheese

A folded potato pancake filled with browned ground meat and melted cheddar. Two potatoes are shaved paper-thin on a slicer, cut into strips and bound with a batter of eggs, plain yogurt and a spoonful of flour, plus finely diced onion and a clove of garlic. The base cooks under a lid for 10 minutes while the meat browns in a second pan and takes the cheddar. The filling goes over one half, the potato folds over it, and 5 more minutes under the lid keeps the cheese molten. About 15 minutes at the stove; serves 2.

30 min2 servings

EasyChinese

Onion Egg Pancakes

Little egg pancakes cooked inside their own onion rings — the onion works twice. The widest rings from two onions are kept whole as edible molds; the rest is soaked for 2 minutes in cold salted water (so it chops without tears), diced fine and mixed with six beaten eggs, ham, carrot, green onions and 2–3 tablespoons of flour. The rings fry alone for 2–3 minutes, get filled with the mixture, then cook covered on low heat for about 5 minutes before flipping, so the egg sets tender inside a golden crust. Serves 3.

27 min3 servings

EasyItalian

Cheesy Potato Focaccias

These little stuffed flatbreads swap yeast dough for mashed potato, which is why they fry up crisp in minutes instead of needing hours to rise. Boiled potatoes are worked with corn starch, salt, parmesan, and olive oil into a dough you can shape by hand; corn starch fries lighter and crispier here than wheat flour would. Each patty hides two batons of mozzarella between dough rounds, edges pressed shut so the cheese stays put. Fry in a skillet over medium heat, about 4 to 5 minutes per side, until the crust turns a deep, even gold right to the edges.

45 min4 servings

EasyMediterranean

Cheesy Tomato Skillet Eggs

Eggs poached in a fresh tomato and mozzarella sauce, all in one pan in about 20 minutes. The trick is steaming halved tomatoes cut-side down with a splash of water for 5 minutes: the skins loosen enough to peel straight off, no boiling pot or ice bath needed. Mash the peeled tomatoes with garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper, stir in shredded mozzarella, then crack in the eggs and leave them alone. Covered, the whites turn opaque and set in about 5 minutes while the yolks stay soft. If they still jiggle like liquid, give it another minute. Serve with toast for the sauce.

20 min2 servings