Warmed applesauce

Apple Gingerbread Skillet Cake

"This gingerbread recipe came from my grandmother, and we always ate it with warm applesauce. I adapted it into a one-pan dessert by layering the apples around the bottom of a cast-iron skillet and topping them with the gingerbread batter. The skillet creates a wonderfully thick crust on the gingerbread." —Mary M. Leverette, Columbia, South Carolina