6 minutes at 325. in the oven and it cooks it fully in the small pan. I have one like it and it works great for sandwiches and such. No flipping necessary.
I agree. I fiddled around with cooking an egg on the stovetop with this skillet with unsatisfactory results, then recently discovered I can simply plop it into my toaster oven, 350 degrees for 10 minutes and it's the perfect sandwich egg!
If you have three of those, and you have an induction stove top, you can cook three things at once on the largest induction thingy. So, if you were doing sausage and egg muffins, you can do three at a time. You don't need to flip btw... you can just put it under the grill. A good quality seasoned beef sausage, taken out of its casing and pressed down into that pan would make a nice sausage patty.
I have a 4 inch nonstick skillet that had been around at least 10 years in a child's cook set and thought I would give it a try and I love it for cooking eggs and whatever will fit in it! Have baked a biscuit on stovetop, air fryer, oven. Covering egg with a saucer eliminates any other step! Lids for these are outrageous in price! Happy cooking!!
I have a #3 Griswold that measures 7” spout to spout, and has a 5.25” cooking surface. Perfect for an egg, 2 scrambled, and a hamburger for one. I love it!
I'm pretty sure I've seen those tiny pans used to bake little pan cookies in restaurants. You bake a single cookie in the mini iron pan and then top with ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate ganache and you have a lovely little fresh cookie sundae.
I have this 3 1/2" skillet too! I love to use this to fry one egg & make pancakes (the size is just right for me, I like making smaller pancakes ;) ), so easy to use!
I have one extremely similar, it had a fancy smelling candle that looked like some kind of cobbler. Melted all the was out of it, seasoned it ... Very pleased with it, I don't get how people just throw out a perfectly good skillet because some wax was in it preseasoning.
I use mine on a small wood coaster to keep cheese or dipping sauce warm for when its just my wife and I. Keeps the dips/sauces warm longer without having to make a bunch. Even works great for making chocolate sauce filled brownies with our daughter or any baking she wants to try. Less mess than a big pan and it fits her hands better. lol
I've been doing this for a long time.... Love my little cast iron skillets.... I use two on one burner (glass top) they make a perfect size egg for breakfast sandwiches and once the skillets are nice and seasoned-- they are the best ever !
They should make a combo cooker version of the 3"er. The type that has a lid with a handle just like the pan. All you'd have to do is flip the whole thing over to finish cooking the other side. I'd get one.
I happened upon one one your cast iron videos, and was gladdened to discover another cast iron 'nut'. I am never going back to the non-stick life. Give me cast iron, and I can cook!
I love the three sizes of Lodge cast iron I own (10", 8" and 6 1/4") so I'm tempted to buy and use the little baby Lodge as you indicated. Thanks for your suggestion. If it's Lodge, it has to be awesome.
The average Chinese ironware at dollar stores is giving brands like Lodge and Le Creuset a run for their money. Of course, it’s nice to support an American brand like Lodge that keeps its prices reasonable. The French stuff is being copied like crazy now.
@@j_freed All the modern Chinese cast iron I see and feel has a super rough sandpaper-like texture that disintigrates a paper towel when I wipe the pan down with oil. Lodge is more like an orange peel texture. There seems to be a big difference in quality between American and Chinese still.
I bought two of them last week and did the same thing. My wife loves those Egg Muffins. Going to bring them with us on vacation at the cabins for simple breakfast. Not much to do low profile and throw them back in the container in the trunk. Thanks for the tip.
I LOVE mine! To make it non-stick, the first thing I did was SAND IT SMOOTH inside, and re-season it. Now I just fry a sausage patty in a 10" pan, while melting a pat of butter in this small pan. I dump out the excess butter, then add the egg, barely breaking the yolk. When the sausage is almost done, I drop the muffin into the toaster and turn the egg out into the pan frying the sausage. The result: a perfect egg McMuffin in under 12 minutes without having to wait in line!
I love my tiny little pans. I use them to melt butter for pancakes and other pastries. I also use them for individual corn cakes, cobblers or frying up a few chopped onions, bell peppers or jalapenos. Perfect little things! :)
I have one of those mini skillets, and also the 6" one. I've never use the very small one for cooking, though, because it is too small for my electric burners. Right now I'm using it as a tray for my salt grinder.
I only use a Nuwave cook top with all my cast iron pans 3 inch to 10 inch and my stainless cook wear , it regulates the temperature and also the cooking time and shuts off automatically. I cook with my 9 inch cast iron pan almost daily and use two 6 inch cast iron pans to make my corn bread. John S.
Ohhhh shit I never thought to use this for tempering spices!!! I just saw one of these for sale elsewhere and didn’t think id get any use for it. Ok I’m gonna have to get it now
I use the ring of a mason jar lid! perfect, round, runny yolk eggs. I spray it with non stick spray so that the egg doesnt stick to it and once i see it starting to cook on top (i like to cover the egg while still in the ring with a pan lid) and then remove the ring and flip and let it finish. Get great breakfast sandwiches everytime.
I have several of these mini skillets and I use them to bake cookies in or for the extra batter when I make muffins. I'll have to try this idea for cooking an egg, thanks!
Cooking With Cast Iron You got that right, cookie and also brownies, i got a very small one for Christmas with brownie mix. love your video's, very informative on the care of CI. Thanks so much
You could try to put some type of tiny lid to allow the heat to cook the top. Just get your timing down. That is an Americas Test Kitchen trick that works very well. Thanks for your videos and dedicated work.
I pour a bit of my bacon grease from the other pan onto the top of the egg to finish it off and it cooks really fast as well as gets more bacon flavor :D
Yes I've seen that many of the mini cast irons are sold as ashtrays and spoon holders, but clean they are perfect if you just want to make a small egg sandwich on an English muffin like this as a snack. I don't have the smaller round Lodge, but I do have a Griswold 129 which is about the same size but square.
Head to Aldi and buy their frozen pre-cooked breakfast sausage patties. 1 minute in the microwave to be ready for the sandwich, and they are perfect muffin size. So delicious.
Have you tried flipping it with a little rubber spatula? Looks like it holds together enough it would flip easy. I need to get myself one of these tiny skillets for eggs. I love making egg and cheese McMuffins. I like that it’s the perfect size. And mine will have American cheese lol
Neat. I just make a scrambled mass of 2-3 eggs with great skill & fold this onto a toasted English Muffin with the cheese. Its not so hard, and actually looks way more delicious. Lately I enjoy using salted butter, FG pepper and dry sage and basil.
the secret to frying an egg in one of these tiny skiilets is a cover. what i do is heat the pan up to cooking temp, add a thin slice of cold butter and immediately crack in the egg and cover with aluminum foil. leave it alone for 3 minutes, uncover, flip and continue cooking for about half a minute. the moisture in the butter+the cover steams the top of the egg and also helps prevent the egg from sticking to the pan. if you wanted to use a different fat, i would add some water to the pan after cracking in the egg and cover it as quickly as possible. make sure the pan is hot
I just got a small pan and used it for the first time this morning. I scrambled 2 large eggs which ended up being a little too much lol... I'll try one at a time. But the sandwich was wonderful!
I have a mini sized cast iron skillet but the rim is about 3/8 inch high. Looks almost like a spoon rest, but for one egg it's perfect. No marks to identify the maker. This thing has had a lot of use. I bought it at an estate sale along with three old LP records for two dollars.
Stocking stuffers is a great idea!❤ I LOVE egge McMuffins BUT I know what’s in them so I haven’t had one in a very long time. Hopefully soon I will get one of these little ones.🙏🏻👍🙏🏻
Lodge already has a pan for that... www.lodgemfg.com/bakeware/cast-iron-muffin-pan.asp Eidted to add: "and serve in the skillets"... I missed that part, I stand corrected.
I have 2 of those use them daily, also I made a cast iron spatula from a 18.00 Lodge skillet and I heat it up and hold it over the top of the egg until done.
When I cook an egg in my 6' cast iron skillet I coat it with a thin coat of oil then heat it on medium low until hot. Then drop in the egg and immediately cover it with a small glass lid and turn off the heat. the residual heat from the skillet and the trapped heat will cook the whites thoroughly to sunny side up with a runny yoke. Don't want a runny yoke, keep it covered longer.
Hi, good video thanks. is the base of this pan big enough to fit a standard hamburger bun? Any idea? A standard bun would be 3.5 but this skillet looks smaller.
I bought one of those at a local store that cares some cast iron. I had the same thought in mind. I'm thinking you could probably bake it too. I haven't tried mine yet but if it works in the oven I may get a couple more so I can make my kids some breakfast sandwiches
AH, BUT IT'S NOT! if it was an ashtray the pour spouts would be elongated ears to keep the cig level and out of the spent ashes. i know cause i have the ashtray version, but now ima try this egg thing in it..ps, mines marked wagner ware, 1050 B
I like your counter top. It gives me a good idea for my kitchen island concept. I acquired an armload of 12" floor tiles and I`m gonna cement them onto my island top, if I can. Love the McMuffin idea too. Thanks
Just saw this on Lodge, promoting as individual cooking and serving dishes. Mini skillet for cornbread or eggs, mini Cauldron/Kettle for soup or individual mac n cheese, even cast iron bowls and serving plates, all oven safe and, SURPRISE, apparently rust proof due to some special heat treatment, which is smart if your gonna serve meals on it. (Don't know if the 3.5" is included in that). Even have mini trivets to serve it on to protect tabletop. Odd choice of tableware but I guess it's a nice idea if you're into theme dinner parties, like country cooking night or southern food night.
I have this little Lodge, use it for a spoon rest and it works great for that! I also have a Lodge 5" skillet with the cast iron lid that fits it. Haven't used it, I just wanted it to go with all my other Lodge cast iron. Oh yes, my next piece of Lodge is the Sportsman's cast iron grill/hibachi and I plan to use hickory wood in it!!
help please. i'm thinking of buying a round 10.5 cast iron pan but i would have to use it on a 6 inch eletric burner, would the whole pan heat up evenly all over or be hotter just ware the pan sits on the burner??? thanks
That baby 👶 😍 💕 LODGE Skillet is adorable! I guessing that one of the STANLEY COOK SET Lids would fit it very well. A lid for melting cheese on a tiny burger 🍔 😋 or Sausage Sammy. A collapsible Silicone Cup might work as a Dome Lid too. I could find a ton of uses for it. Use it on a MyMini 5" grill plate for Deep Dish Biscuit Pizza. ❤
The amount of butter you put in there looked like it would have been half a stick if it were scaled up. hahaha. My son got me one of these for my birthday and I love it.
I saw one of these from a local company. It was so cute I wanted to buy it but for the price I didn’t think it would get much use. Having to use two pans seems like too much. Love that it fits on yours English muffin perfectly tho. I usually do croissant egg sandwiches so the weird shape my eggs usually make in bigger pans works well for the croissant shape.
i think is so cute and its perfect for a egg sand. dont be disappointed. you can flip that little pan , trust me i have one that size and you can flip it , mine is not a cast iron but is that size.
I've viewed this video a few times and this time read all 404 comments. Some interesting egg cooking options were shared, some for these miniature Lodge skillets. I just got 3 of them, primarily for baking. But I think I will try some of the suggestions for making eggs. I normally don't bother with making one egg so having multiple mini skillets should be fun. I make homemade bread so I could make sandwiches of any size or shape. Refrigerator dough from the store would also work for people that don't make their own. I have the 6.5" and 5" square skillets because it's fun to try different things with cast iron skillets of different sizes. Are you still using the mini skillet for sandwiches or just keeping as wall decor?
Many comments about them being used as an ashtray...of course you can but the one I have actually have longer pour spouts to hold a cigarette and is obviously a novelty item. The bottom has a stuck on floral design. My no name #5 with a ring can cook two eggs beautifully over easy with a lid...a third egg can snuggle in there just nicely. If I had one of these I would use it on a griddle or inside a larger skillet...I like the hair on my knuckles! Four of these would be nice. I could get real creative with something like this.
I had got one of these things with the exact same idea in mind. Had pretty similar results too. It worked although it was a little tedious. To finish off the egg I could flip it with or a fork or add a few drops of water and then cover quickly. The steam kind of poaches the rest of the uncooked egg. Might be useful if you wanna try again without needing a second frypan.
I have a small one that's oblong and shallow was for cooking tortillas shells but it works perfectly for a strip of bacon cut 1/2 and a single egg just as the bacon is finishing. My favorite pan.
I've got 2 of the tiny pans. One of them is an "ashtray" or spoon rest design. (I'm NOT letting the "ashtray" version in my kitchen) but the spoon rest version is allowed (even though they are the same design.) The other is a "tiny skillet" design. I haven't used either one for any more than a spoon rest. (And, they both are "pebbly" as heck.) (New Lodge finish.) steve
Hi Steve. Same. I have 2. None used as ashtrays here either. I have a tiny 3.5" Griswold skillet that I've thoroughly cleaned and seasoned and simply use to hold a small piece of chain mail I sometimes use for lightly cleaning my other ci pieces, and another tiny skillet I just acquired on ebay. It has 'Bay Springs Bank Heidelberg' thickly cast onto the inside cooking surface, but it looks like if I use a generous bit of butter an egg will just flip out easily for a nice single egg to put on an English muffin. I like the mini skillets. They're kind of a novelty but usable.
Actually 2 different products on Lodge's website. They have this which is the 3.5" skillet and then they have a 3.5" skillet spoonholder with more almost like crucible looking pour spout sides.
6 minutes at 325. in the oven and it cooks it fully in the small pan. I have one like it and it works great for sandwiches and such. No flipping necessary.
I just did your method and it worked perfect for two egg sandwiches. Thank you very much
I agree. I fiddled around with cooking an egg on the stovetop with this skillet with unsatisfactory results, then recently discovered I can simply plop it into my toaster oven, 350 degrees for 10 minutes and it's the perfect sandwich egg!
Once the white was done, I just added a little water and covered it. Cooks it perfectly every time.
@@Kev-3006 This is the way I would do it. No need to heat the oven.
If you have three of those, and you have an induction stove top, you can cook three things at once on the largest induction thingy. So, if you were doing sausage and egg muffins, you can do three at a time. You don't need to flip btw... you can just put it under the grill. A good quality seasoned beef sausage, taken out of its casing and pressed down into that pan would make a nice sausage patty.
Just got one of these. I put it directly inside of my #10 pan. That way I can cook an egg separately from whatever else I'm cooking.
Nice
that's a good idea !
Nice i might try that
That's what I thought Cooking With Cast Iron was gonna do when I first saw the #8 on the bigger burner.
I have a 4 inch nonstick skillet that had been around at least 10 years in a child's cook set and thought I would give it a try and I love it for cooking eggs and whatever will fit in it! Have baked a biscuit on stovetop, air fryer, oven. Covering egg with a saucer eliminates any other step! Lids for these are outrageous in price! Happy cooking!!
I have a #3 Griswold that measures 7” spout to spout, and has a 5.25” cooking surface. Perfect for an egg, 2 scrambled, and a hamburger for one. I love it!
I'm pretty sure I've seen those tiny pans used to bake little pan cookies in restaurants. You bake a single cookie in the mini iron pan and then top with ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate ganache and you have a lovely little fresh cookie sundae.
Couldn't be... people say they use them as ash trays lol
I have this 3 1/2" skillet too! I love to use this to fry one egg & make pancakes (the size is just right for me, I like making smaller pancakes ;) ), so easy to use!
+cutiebee2 Nice! I am trying to think of other uses, thanks!
I have one extremely similar, it had a fancy smelling candle that looked like some kind of cobbler. Melted all the was out of it, seasoned it ... Very pleased with it, I don't get how people just throw out a perfectly good skillet because some wax was in it preseasoning.
I use mine on a small wood coaster to keep cheese or dipping sauce warm for when its just my wife and I. Keeps the dips/sauces warm longer without having to make a bunch. Even works great for making chocolate sauce filled brownies with our daughter or any baking she wants to try. Less mess than a big pan and it fits her hands better. lol
lol nice that is a great idea!
I just bought one of those 3.5in cast iron pan and it’s so cute, I can’t wait to make my English egg muffin sandwich, yours looks so delicious!
I've been doing this for a long time.... Love my little cast iron skillets.... I use two on one burner (glass top) they make a perfect size egg for breakfast sandwiches and once the skillets are nice and seasoned-- they are the best ever !
Nice!
They should make a combo cooker version of the 3"er. The type that has a lid with a handle just like the pan. All you'd have to do is flip the whole thing over to finish cooking the other side. I'd get one.
+imnotabotrlyimnot That would be cool. I am going to try something else with this soon and maybe do a video about it ...
Like the hinged larger skillets, where the top skillet is the lid. Great idea.
I happened upon one one your cast iron videos, and was gladdened to discover another cast iron 'nut'. I am never going back to the non-stick life. Give me cast iron, and I can cook!
I love the three sizes of Lodge cast iron I own (10", 8" and 6 1/4") so I'm tempted to buy and use the little baby Lodge as you indicated. Thanks for your suggestion. If it's Lodge, it has to be awesome.
The average Chinese ironware at dollar stores is giving brands like Lodge and Le Creuset a run for their money.
Of course, it’s nice to support an American brand like Lodge that keeps its prices reasonable. The French stuff is being copied like crazy now.
@@j_freed All the modern Chinese cast iron I see and feel has a super rough sandpaper-like texture that disintigrates a paper towel when I wipe the pan down with oil. Lodge is more like an orange peel texture. There seems to be a big difference in quality between American and Chinese still.
I have the same griswold, its been my favorite kitchen skillet so far. I love my lodges for camping. Fun vid.
I bought two of them last week and did the same thing. My wife loves those Egg Muffins. Going to bring them with us on vacation at the cabins for simple breakfast. Not much to do low profile and throw them back in the container in the trunk. Thanks for the tip.
kc5hgv Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
These small skillets were used/sold as ash trays,back in the day.LOOKS GOOD,the smallest i own is a 6 inch,they work good for HOT SIZZLING DISHES.
Hahaha, yeah that seems to be the general consensus a bout what these are used for! Its currently a wall decoration
I LOVE mine! To make it non-stick, the first thing I did was SAND IT SMOOTH inside, and re-season it. Now I just fry a sausage patty in a 10" pan, while melting a pat of butter in this small pan. I dump out the excess butter, then add the egg, barely breaking the yolk. When the sausage is almost done, I drop the muffin into the toaster and turn the egg out into the pan frying the sausage. The result: a perfect egg McMuffin in under 12 minutes without having to wait in line!
Awesome! Maybe I will sand this one!
Cool little Lodge egg pan ! Yeah, making egg muffins in the morning with it would be nice.
Thank you for posting this, the other search results were driving me INSANE.
I love my tiny little pans. I use them to melt butter for pancakes and other pastries. I also use them for individual corn cakes, cobblers or frying up a few chopped onions, bell peppers or jalapenos. Perfect little things! :)
+qster818 Good ideas, I need to get a few more of them!
I have one of those mini skillets, and also the 6" one. I've never use the very small one for cooking, though, because it is too small for my electric burners. Right now I'm using it as a tray for my salt grinder.
I only use a Nuwave cook top with all my cast iron pans 3 inch to 10 inch and my stainless cook wear , it regulates the temperature and also the cooking time and shuts off automatically. I cook with my 9 inch cast iron pan almost daily and use two 6 inch cast iron pans to make my corn bread. John S.
That little 3.5" pan may be small, but everyone should have one, great addition for small tasks. Plus it's only a few bucks, can't go wrong.
A perfect tadka pan, a sort of pan that we use in India for tempering spices.
I use a melting pot (lodge Cast Iron) for Indian tadka 😃
Ohhhh shit I never thought to use this for tempering spices!!! I just saw one of these for sale elsewhere and didn’t think id get any use for it. Ok I’m gonna have to get it now
How do you temper spices?
I use the ring of a mason jar lid! perfect, round, runny yolk eggs. I spray it with non stick spray so that the egg doesnt stick to it and once i see it starting to cook on top (i like to cover the egg while still in the ring with a pan lid) and then remove the ring and flip and let it finish. Get great breakfast sandwiches everytime.
and i use a cast iron skillet as well
I was looking for this on the Lodge site and couldn't find it. Thanks for the link.
What a cute baby skillet !
I think I would start the egg on the stove and then finish it off in the oven. I think I would like to have one of those!
Great video.
I thought about that. I am going to try it out next time in the toaster oven after it cooks a little on the stove. =)
Thanks!
I have several of these mini skillets and I use them to bake cookies in or for the extra batter when I make muffins. I'll have to try this idea for cooking an egg, thanks!
MMmmmm a thick cookie and ice cream to make pizookie =)
Cooking With Cast Iron
You got that right, cookie and also brownies, i got a very small one for Christmas with brownie mix. love your video's, very informative on the care of CI. Thanks so much
Sharon La Tour Thanks for the comments!
You are welcome. :)
You could try to put some type of tiny lid to allow the heat to cook the top. Just get your timing down. That is an Americas Test Kitchen trick that works very well. Thanks for your videos and dedicated work.
Maybe even aluminum foil would work as a lid, or cut a pie tin to fit.
I pour a bit of my bacon grease from the other pan onto the top of the egg to finish it off and it cooks really fast as well as gets more bacon flavor :D
Yes I've seen that many of the mini cast irons are sold as ashtrays and spoon holders, but clean they are perfect if you just want to make a small egg sandwich on an English muffin like this as a snack. I don't have the smaller round Lodge, but I do have a Griswold 129 which is about the same size but square.
+Al Machado Nice!
Oh, ONLY a Griswold 129! Show off.
I have a square one also, the egg fits the toast/bread perfectly.
Head to Aldi and buy their frozen pre-cooked breakfast sausage patties. 1 minute in the microwave to be ready for the sandwich, and they are perfect muffin size. So delicious.
Thanks for the review on the 3.5". I've been wondering about them. Perfect eggs for muffins!
Sure thing!
A little baby Lodge! That's so cute!!! lol 😂
That worked perfectly. I'll be getting a tiny pan like that for sure.
Have you tried flipping it with a little rubber spatula? Looks like it holds together enough it would flip easy. I need to get myself one of these tiny skillets for eggs. I love making egg and cheese McMuffins. I like that it’s the perfect size. And mine will have American cheese lol
Neat. I just make a scrambled mass of 2-3 eggs with great skill & fold this onto a toasted English Muffin with the cheese.
Its not so hard, and actually looks way more delicious.
Lately I enjoy using salted butter, FG pepper and dry sage and basil.
You can fit 3 scrambled eggs on one English muffin?
the secret to frying an egg in one of these tiny skiilets is a cover. what i do is heat the pan up to cooking temp, add a thin slice of cold butter and immediately crack in the egg and cover with aluminum foil. leave it alone for 3 minutes, uncover, flip and continue cooking for about half a minute. the moisture in the butter+the cover steams the top of the egg and also helps prevent the egg from sticking to the pan. if you wanted to use a different fat, i would add some water to the pan after cracking in the egg and cover it as quickly as possible. make sure the pan is hot
I just got a small pan and used it for the first time this morning. I scrambled 2 large eggs which ended up being a little too much lol... I'll try one at a time. But the sandwich was wonderful!
I have a mini sized cast iron skillet but the rim is about 3/8 inch high. Looks almost like a spoon rest, but for one egg it's perfect. No marks to identify the maker. This thing has had a lot of use. I bought it at an estate sale along with three old LP records for two dollars.
I just purchased this❤️. It’s so small & Awesome
Stocking stuffers is a great idea!❤
I LOVE egge McMuffins BUT I know what’s in them so I haven’t had one in a very long time. Hopefully soon I will get one of these little ones.🙏🏻👍🙏🏻
It’s like watching an episode of Tiny Kitchen ❤️
(whispers) Lil Bits.
How about usign several of these to make individual corn breads (using your Grandmas recipe of course) and serve in the skillets.
MrJH1959 That is a great idea. Maybe with a side of chili... in some cast iron bowls like this goo.gl/5C52jW
Cooking With Cast Iron That woudl work!!! Now I'm gonna have to increase my CI collection!
Lodge already has a pan for that... www.lodgemfg.com/bakeware/cast-iron-muffin-pan.asp
Eidted to add: "and serve in the skillets"... I missed that part, I stand corrected.
Carlos Gandara True... but that wouldn't work for the idea of baking the corn breads and serving them directly in the casrt iron
Yes you are correct. I did not read your post correctly.
I have 2 of those use them daily, also I made a cast iron spatula from a 18.00 Lodge skillet and I heat it up and hold it over the top of the egg until done.
I received this as a joke. I use it to cook 1/4 slices of bacon for garnishes. Still experimenting with eggs. This inspired me to try again! Thanks!
Eggs-actly! Homemade is always better than buying outside, not as convenient, but better! Use it well, now I'm gonna get me one!
Heck yeah!
I think getting back to doing and thinking for ourselves more, we will re- earn our respect for for this life
When I cook an egg in my 6' cast iron skillet I coat it with a thin coat of oil then heat it on medium low until hot. Then drop in the egg and immediately cover it with a small glass lid and turn off the heat. the residual heat from the skillet and the trapped heat will cook the whites thoroughly to sunny side up with a runny yoke. Don't want a runny yoke, keep it covered longer.
That is a good method. I have used an ice cube under the lid when I have done it that way before
+Cooking With Cast Iron Ah yes, the steam.
Hi, good video thanks. is the base of this pan big enough to fit a standard hamburger bun? Any idea? A standard bun would be 3.5 but this skillet looks smaller.
I bought one of those at a local store that cares some cast iron. I had the same thought in mind. I'm thinking you could probably bake it too. I haven't tried mine yet but if it works in the oven I may get a couple more so I can make my kids some breakfast sandwiches
We have a Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales. The kids have a compitition to cook in a Quart size Mini Castiron Pot.
If you want to cook the top of the egg just put a lid or saucer for the last couple of minutes of frying.. it's that simple.
Chris H I agree. That’s how I do mine too.
Hell no. I hate sunny side up eggs.
Great video, thank you!
You can also buy the biscuit cast iron pan if you want to make multiple sandwiches.
I loved your video so much that I went out and bought 2 of these at my local Home Hardware store. $15 Canadian each. Better than Amazon price!
Dudes cooking with an ashtray.
BUT IT WORKS.
lol, thanks!
+Big Jay- *BUTT* It works...
AH, BUT IT'S NOT! if it was an ashtray the pour spouts would be elongated ears to keep the cig level and out of the spent ashes. i know cause i have the ashtray version, but now ima try this egg thing in it..ps, mines marked wagner ware, 1050 B
The ash trays are cast iron too. As long as you clean them and season you can cook with them
I like your counter top. It gives me a good idea for my kitchen island concept. I acquired an armload of 12" floor tiles and I`m gonna cement them onto my island top, if I can.
Love the McMuffin idea too. Thanks
Just saw this on Lodge, promoting as individual cooking and serving dishes. Mini skillet for cornbread or eggs, mini Cauldron/Kettle for soup or individual mac n cheese, even cast iron bowls and serving plates, all oven safe and, SURPRISE, apparently rust proof due to some special heat treatment, which is smart if your gonna serve meals on it. (Don't know if the 3.5" is included in that). Even have mini trivets to serve it on to protect tabletop. Odd choice of tableware but I guess it's a nice idea if you're into theme dinner parties, like country cooking night or southern food night.
I like how the egg didn't stick in the small skillet and it finished perfectly in the larger skillet.
I have eight of those little Lodge pans for special lava cake desserts. They're really a spoon rest, I was told.
I have this little Lodge, use it for a spoon rest and it works great for that! I also have a Lodge 5" skillet with the cast iron lid that fits it. Haven't used it, I just wanted it to go with all my other Lodge cast iron. Oh yes, my next piece of Lodge is the Sportsman's cast iron grill/hibachi and I plan to use hickory wood in it!!
Nice! I really love my lodge dual side griddle. Haven't looked into the sportsman grill yet.
oh the little one is soooo cute!!!!!! perfect for one egg!
help please. i'm thinking of buying a round 10.5 cast iron pan but i would have to use it on a 6 inch eletric burner, would the whole pan heat up evenly all over or be hotter just ware the pan sits on the burner??? thanks
Itty bitty frying pan... soooo cute!
It can even be purchased just to have it. So sweet pan :))
Aw! A baby skillet, so cute.
+Tammy Fontenot =D
That baby 👶 😍 💕 LODGE Skillet is adorable! I guessing that one of the STANLEY COOK SET Lids would fit it very well. A lid for melting cheese on a tiny burger 🍔 😋 or Sausage Sammy. A collapsible Silicone Cup might work as a Dome Lid too. I could find a ton of uses for it. Use it on a MyMini 5" grill plate for Deep Dish Biscuit Pizza. ❤
The amount of butter you put in there looked like it would have been half a stick if it were scaled up. hahaha. My son got me one of these for my birthday and I love it.
I saw one of these from a local company. It was so cute I wanted to buy it but for the price I didn’t think it would get much use. Having to use two pans seems like too much. Love that it fits on yours English muffin perfectly tho. I usually do croissant egg sandwiches so the weird shape my eggs usually make in bigger pans works well for the croissant shape.
I use the same method of flipping into a larger pan! I add the cheese after the flip, and cover the pan. Cheese gets nice and melty.
Is the #5 a Vollrath?
Perfect egg McMuffin. Cool.
Nice Pan!
I have 1 to...works great...i can flip it in small pan...took awhile to learn
Second skillet would’ve been best at full cooking heat... then turned off after 20 second after egg was dropped in. Excellent video
i think is so cute and its perfect for a egg sand. dont be disappointed. you can flip that little pan , trust me i have one that size and you can flip it , mine is not a cast iron but is that size.
+champir3 good to know!
+champir3 the cast iron has sharper angles on it's sides though. I'm sure you can flip it but probably harder than ones actually designed for flipping
It's so widdle! holy shit that is adorable
lol, it hangs on the wall now most of the time as a decoration
i have a dinky little one back home that says"in this house we cook as little as possible" only use i could find for it is to hold my spoon
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Some interesting egg cooking options were shared, some for these miniature Lodge skillets. I just got 3 of them, primarily for baking. But I think I will try some of the suggestions for making eggs. I normally don't bother with making one egg so having multiple mini skillets should be fun.
I make homemade bread so I could make sandwiches of any size or shape. Refrigerator dough from the store would also work for people that don't make their own.
I have the 6.5" and 5" square skillets because it's fun to try different things with cast iron skillets of different sizes.
Are you still using the mini skillet for sandwiches or just keeping as wall decor?
that looks mad good yo
It was =)
THANK YOU, AMAZON!!!
Have 2 griswolds same size. Since they’re called ashtrays I was using them for cigars. Now I have to clean them
Many comments about them being used as an ashtray...of course you can but the one I have actually have longer pour spouts to hold a cigarette and is obviously a novelty item. The bottom has a stuck on floral design. My no name #5 with a ring can cook two eggs beautifully over easy with a lid...a third egg can snuggle in there just nicely. If I had one of these I would use it on a griddle or inside a larger skillet...I like the hair on my knuckles! Four of these would be nice. I could get real creative with something like this.
What’s the dimension of the next size? Nice video thanks.
Yum yum gimme some! Looks even better than McDonald's!
Mmmmhhmmm!
Cyko niiiiiiii
I have a couple of these and I find the egg hard to flip but Lodge does make a square egg pan so your egg is the same size as a slice of bread.
The little Lodge is a christmas tree ornament.My family has proudly hung them for years😆
Hmmmm. Seems a little heavy to be hanging off a Christmas tree - on the tip of a branch no less. Just saying.
That is awesome! and its so cute! i love to eat egg and sausage paddy in English muffins for breakfast! that is a perfect cooking tool for that!
Lmk how it works for you!
love it! gotta get one and add it to my collection! thanks for the video!
Looks really good.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE IT!!!!
Great video, actually really enjoyed this one
Timothy Halleran Thanks!
I believe, back in the day, those tiny pans were only used as ash trays???
That's what I have heard! lol
People who use a CI Skillet as an ashtray also live in a trailer where they have sex with their sister.
I always thought tiny cast iron skillets were a novelty item.
I had got one of these things with the exact same idea in mind. Had pretty similar results too. It worked although it was a little tedious. To finish off the egg I could flip it with or a fork or add a few drops of water and then cover quickly. The steam kind of poaches the rest of the uncooked egg. Might be useful if you wanna try again without needing a second frypan.
And for silverware, like hot cookware utensils whilst cooking
I have 3" ones that I make individual brownies, cookies, cornbreads and mac n cheese...etc...
+TikiTrvlr Nice. I have used this one in the toaster oven recently and it works great!
I have a small one that's oblong and shallow was for cooking tortillas shells but it works perfectly for a strip of bacon cut 1/2 and a single egg just as the bacon is finishing. My favorite pan.
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Those work great for spoon rests.
Cool i just ordered one, $6.22 shipped. Wont hurt to try lol. Thanks.
Academy sports sell them for $3.99
If you need to make some egg patties to feed a family or guests, the Lodge biscuit pan works wonders. It's just like having 6-7 of these little guys.
+Kevin Vargas That's a good idea. I have been looking at those pans recently too!
I've got 2 of the tiny pans. One of them is an
"ashtray" or spoon rest design. (I'm NOT letting
the "ashtray" version in my kitchen) but the
spoon rest version is allowed (even though
they are the same design.) The other is a
"tiny skillet" design.
I haven't used either one for any more than
a spoon rest. (And, they both are "pebbly"
as heck.) (New Lodge finish.)
steve
haha yeah this one is really "pebbly", I have used it a few times but mostly it hangs on the wall. Cheers!
Hi Steve. Same. I have 2. None used as ashtrays here either. I have a tiny 3.5" Griswold skillet that I've thoroughly cleaned and seasoned and simply use to hold a small piece of chain mail I sometimes use for lightly cleaning my other ci pieces, and another tiny skillet I just acquired on ebay. It has 'Bay Springs Bank Heidelberg' thickly cast onto the inside cooking surface, but it looks like if I use a generous bit of butter an egg will just flip out easily for a nice single egg to put on an English muffin. I like the mini skillets. They're kind of a novelty but usable.
I wonder if you covered it with like a small silicone lid, if it would cook all the way through without having to use another skillet.
I just purchased a set of four from Amazon. I wanted them to make individual brownies and top with a scoop of ice cream!
It's meant to be a spoon holder for your stove top. Keeps messy spoons from messing up your stove.
Were Wolfcub Good idea
Actually 2 different products on Lodge's website. They have this which is the 3.5" skillet and then they have a 3.5" skillet spoonholder with more almost like crucible looking pour spout sides.
When you say "butter" do you mean real butter or will margarine sticks work just as well?
Real butter or nothing! I don't want to use a chemical derivative. =)
I want it. What if you put the skillet in the toaster oven on broil to cook the top of the eggs. Everything in one pan.
+chatomairi I have thought about that and will try it one of these days =) LMK if you try it and how it works.