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Granny's Cookbook
Crock Pot Recipes
Crock Pot Apple Pie
8 Tart Apples peeled and sliced
1 1/4 Tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 Tsp. allspice
1/4 Tsp. nutmeg
3/4 cup milk
2 TBS butter soften
3/4 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 Tsp. vanilla
1/2 C. Bisquick
1 C. Bisquick
1/3 C. brown sugar
3 TBS cold butter
Toss apples in large bowl with cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg.
Place in lightly greased crockpot. Combine milk, softened butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and the 1/2 C. Bisquick. Spoon over apples.
Combine the 1 cup Bisquick and brown sugar. Cut the cold butter into mixture until crumbly.
Sprinkle this mixture over top of apple mixture. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours or until apples are soft.
Crockpot Hot Cocoa for a Group
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups cocoa powder
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup hot water
1 gallon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
In large saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa and salt. Add hot water slowly, mixing well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils.
Boil and stir 2 minutes. Add milk. Heat to serving temperature, stirring occasionally. DO NOT boil. Remove from heat.
Add vanilla, cinnamon if desired, and whip with a whisk. Serve hot, with whipped cream or marshmallows if desired.
Note: This recipe can be doubled and kept in crockpot for easier serving to large groups.
Crockpot Vegetarian Chili
1 can (11 oz.) condensed black bean soup
1 can (15 oz.) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (15 oz.) garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (16 oz.) vegetarian baked beans
1 can (14.5 oz.) chopped tomatoes in purée
1 can (15 oz.) whole kernel corn, drained
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. dried parsley
1 Tbsp. dried oregano
1 Tbsp. dried basil
In a Crockpot, combine black bean soup, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, baked beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, bell pepper and celery. Season with garlic, chili powder, parsley, oregano and basil.
Cook for at least two hours on High. Yield: 8 servings.
Company's Coming Mashed Potatoes
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
6 cups warm mashed potatoes, prepared without milk or butter
In a bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, butter, salad dressing mix and parsley.
Stir in potatoes and transfer to a crockpot.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2 to 4 hours.
Cherry and Pecan Wild Rice
1 cup converted white rice
1 cup wild rice -- rinsed and drained
29 ounces canned vegetable broth
1/2 cup hot water
1/4 cup dry sherry
1 medium onion -- chopped
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp garlic pepper
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted if desired
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
In your slow cooker, mix together the white rice, wild rice, broth, water, sherry, onion, garlic powder, and garlic pepper.
Cover and cook on the low heat setting about 5 hours, or until the rices are tender but not mushy. Stir in the apricots, cherries, pecans, and parsley. Serve immediately. Makes about 8 to 10 servings
First introduced in 1971, the Crock-Pot revolutionized the way we cook meals. The word Crock-Pot is actually trademarked by Rival Industries, but is used in every day conversations instead of the term slow cooker. Many recipes for the crock-pot require little preparation. The slow cooker can then safely be left to run unattended, making it a convenient cooking method.
Crock-pot meals can not only save you time in the kitchen, but they can also save you money as well by stretches your grocery dollars. When you put a whole chicken in the crock-pot to cook then cut it up for several meals, you can stretch your budget with the use your leftovers.
You can save money at the meat counter since the slow cooking process is especially useful to tenderize cheaper cuts of meat.
It also saves on your energy bill. Instead of running a larger appliance like the stove you are running one small energy conservative appliance, the crock-pot, saving on your energy costs.
Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thawed
1 jar alfredo sauce
1 c. mozzarella cheese
Pour 1/4 jar of sauce in crock pot sprayed with Pam. Lay chicken on top of sauce then pour remaining sauce on top of chicken. Cook for 6-8 hours. When ready to eat, cook 1 pkg. fettucine noodles or angel hair pasta. While they are cooking, put 1 cup grated mozzarella on top of chicken. Serve over noodles.
Vegetable Option: Put 1 bag of your favorite frozen vegetables on top of the chicken then cover with sauce.
Taco Soup
2 lbs. ground beef and 1 c. chopped onion; cook and drain
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can Rotel with chiles
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
2 cans shoepeg corn (or Mexicorn), drained
2 pkgs. taco seasoning
2 pkgs. dry ranch dressing
2 c. water (use less if you want this as a dip rather than soup)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. red pepper, optional
salt and pepper
Heat all ingredients and serve. Can make it in a crock pot so it's hot for hours!
Use Your Slow Cooker for regular recipes.....
A typical low setting on a slow cooker is around 100 degrees, with the high setting being closer to 300 degrees. Once you know this little bit of information it is easy to convert most traditional pan-recipes for
use in your slow cooker. You might have to play around with the cooking times a little, but if you follow these simple guidelines you could be cooking up your favorite recipes in your crockpot in no time at all.
1. Decrease the liquid (remember it does not boil away in the slow cooker).
2. If your recipe requires chopped meat etc, then brown the meat first before adding it to the pan. This will not only improve the taste of the meat, but will give it a nicer texture.
3. If your recipe includes cheese or other dairy products they will tend to break down if they are cooked for too long, so add them towards the end of cooking.
4. Rice and noodles will turn soft if they are in the crockpot for too long. So, once again, only add them towards the end of cooking. Or, why not cook them separately? You can combine them with everything else just before serving.
5. It's all about timing. If your pan-recipe states a cooking time of 15 to 30 minutes, allow 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours in your crockpot if you are using a high heat setting. If you are using a lower setting then 4 to 8 hours should be about right.
If your pan-recipe states 35 to 45 minutes, then you will be looking at 3 to 4 hours in your crockpot at its higher temperature setting, or 6 to 10 hours if you use the lower one. For a pan-recipe that states 50 minutes to 3 hours you will need to allow 4 to 6 hours in your crockpot at the higher setting and 8 to 16 at its lower one.
One final tip: add your spices at the end.
Crockpot Cherry Cobbler
This simple five ingredient dessert recipes cooks in your crockpot; it's really delicious and beautiful.
16 oz. can cherry pie filling
1-3/4 cups cake mix from two layer package
1 egg
3 Tbsp. evaporated milk
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Lightly butter a 3-4 quart crockpot. Place pie filling in prepared crockpot and cook on high for 30 minutes. Mix together the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl until crumbly and spoon onto the hot pie filling.
Cover and cook for 2-3 hours on low. Serves 8
Make sure to thaw any frozen ingredients before putting them in your crock pot. If you are in a hurry, and have forgotten to thaw your frozen ingredient, just add a cup of warm water or broth to prevent 'shocking' your dish.
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Once you have everything in your crock pot and the top is on, leave it alone. You do not need to tend to the pot while it's cooking, and stiring isn't called for in most recipes.
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To speed up your cooking time, put some aluminum foil under your crock pot lid. You'll keep the heat in your crock pot and make cooking more efficient.
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It isn't necessary to brown meat before putting into your crock pot, but you'll find that your dish will be more visually appealing if you brown meat first.
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Add ground herbs near the end of cooking time to avoid having them lose flavor over long cooking times.
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To speed up your cooking time, put some aluminum foil under your crock pot lid. You'll keep the heat in your crock pot and make cooking more efficient.
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Add rice or pasta during the last 30 minutes of cooking to avoid mushy outcomes.
