Monday, October 31, 2011

Crockpot Chicken

1. by kathome

Fall Apart Chicken

This is the easiest thing you ever made and it sure is good.

1 Whole chicken (I usually buy an Oven Stuffer Roaster but if you want smaller then get a fryer)

Salt & Pepper

Yeah, that's it, although I grow Rosemary in the yard and love the taste so I mince up a bunch and throw that on too)

Wash the chicken and pat dry with paper towels. sprinkle inside and out with a pretty generous amount of salt and pepper (and rosemary if you want it) Put that bird in your slow cooker RAW and with NO WATER AT ALL. Put on the lid, turn the cooker to low and in about 6-7 hours you will have some mighty fine chicken.

I always thicken the amazing amount of juices that come out of the chicken for gravy, but it can also be used for stock.

Also makes GREAT cold chicken sandwiches the next day.

Oh, and by the way, I call it "Fall Apart Chicken" because it does exactly that, so be careful taking it out of the cooker.

This is great to do in the AM before work because there's no browning to take up time. I can plug it in and when I walk in the door from work the house smells like my make believe cook has been at it all day. I think just about every lady in my office has tried it and it's now a standard at their house's too.

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Raw Apple Cake Recipe

This is a family favorite at the holidays. It is a tasty alternative to traditional fruit cake. The soaked apples in the baking soda and water solution serve as leavening. When the baked cakes are frozen for a couple of weeks before serving it, the flavors meld and apples turn the prettiest red.

First, chop 1and 1/2 cups Red Delicious apples and place into soaking solution of 2 level teaspoons baking soda and 6 tablespoons of water for at least an hour--longer is better. Meanwhile, assemble the following ingredients into 2 bowls--one for wet ingredients, the bigger bowl is for the dry ingredients.

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1 egg
1/2 cup veg oil
1 cup walnuts or pecans
1 cup dark raisins

Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients JUST until combined. You may fold in your raisins and nuts at the last, or add them into the dry ingredients. The cake batter will be fairly stiff, but it makes 2 large loaves of this nut bread/cake. Grease and flour your selected pans and place cake batter into them; bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Do not open oven door for the first 20 minutes of baking as the cakes will fall if opened any sooner. The fruit in this cake will turn a bright red when kept in the freezer at least 2-3 weeks before serving--this is why our family loves them so much over the holidays! I grew up with them, literally.

Now, for those who watch sugars, calories, etc, I have just made a batch using stevia or Sucralose sugar substitute--In place of the sugar, measure 1 cup of your chosen sugar substitute to the dry ingredients, and add 1/2 cup of natural, unsweetened applesauce to this mixture before preparing batter in pans to bake them. The applesauce adds the needed moisture to keep the cakes in proper texture. I tried making them with stevia, but my results were a drier cake.

I hope you enjoy making these--if you bake them in mini bundt pans, they are pretty to give at holiday time.

Tips: 
Peel the apples and dice them medium small. Sassy
 
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Red Delicious works in this recipe. The other kinds of apples do not seem to work the redness or taste very well. Ronda


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Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Cinnamon-Swirl Bread

1 1/3 c. granulated sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon * McCormick's Saigon Cinnamon. It smells like a bakery in a jar
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg (beaten)
1 c. milk
1/3 c. vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350ยบ. Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Mix 1/3 c. sugar and cinnamon; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining sugar. Combine egg, milk, and oil; add to flour mixture. Stir by hand just until moistened. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half the cinnamon mixture. Repeat with remaining batter and cinnamon mixture. Draw a knife through batter to marble.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool. Wrap and store bread overnight before slicing.
It never lasts long enough to store over night at my house!

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Perfect Chocolate Brownies

these have that crispy crust on top just like boxed brownies, but they are SO much tastier.

Perfect Chocolate Brownies
Ingredients:
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (I left these out, obviously)

1. Preheat oven to 350 ° F
2. Line a 9 x 13 pan with non-stick foil OR line it with regular foil and butter the foil.
3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
6. Stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts if using them.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.
8. Cool completely before cutting into 2x2" squares.
 
 

Crock Pot Baked Carmel Apple

DD gave me this recipe..not sure where it originated from:

In your crockpot......
add:
6-7 apples...sliced/chunked like you would for pie.....no need to peel unless you want to (i dont)
1 box butterscotch pudding....(regular..not instant)
1/4 cup brown sugar
Cinnnamon to taste..i probably used 2 tsp. ( i like lot alot of cinnamon)

(DO NOT ADD LIQUID)

stir it up & let cook on low till apples are soft/tender..it makes a delicious carmel sauce...
great over vanilla ice cream....or just the apples!

enjoy
 

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Quick & Easy Recipes by Craftybear

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Potato Soup

3 cups cubed potatoes
2 cups water
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dry mustard
8 oz american cheese(I use Velveeta)
1/8 tsp pepper
4 slices bacon chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 cups milk

Cook potatos in water with salt,mustard and pepper until tender. Do NOT drain. Mash potatos Leave lumps. Cook bacon an onions until browned and onions are tender. Stir into potato mixture Add milk and cheese. Cook and stir over low heat until cheese melts and soup is heated through. Make about 8-1 cup servings
 
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Panera's Cream Cheese Potato Soup

Panera's Cream Cheese Potato Soup

4 cups chicken broth
4 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup onion, minced
1/2 tsp seasoning salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
8 oz package cream cheese, cut into chunks

Combine broth, potatoes, onion and spices.
Boil on medium heat until potatoes are tender
Smash a few of the potatoes to release their starch for thickening
Reduce heat to low
Add cream cheese
Heat, stirring frequently, until cheese melts

Serves 4-6
 

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Cupcakes Recipe Link

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Apple Bite

2 cans Cresent rolls
2 Granny Smith apples, unpeeled and each cut into 8 wedges
Separate rolls and roll one around each apple wedge. Place into a 9x13 baking dish.
Mix 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 stick butter, 2 teas. cinnamon, 1 teas. vanilla. Melt together and pour over the apples. Pour 1 12 oz can of Mountain Dew over the dish.
Bake 25-30 min at 350. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream....
Allow 2 for each servings!
 
Dix

Fall Recipes

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Blueberry Muffins link posted by Craftybear

http://www.marthastewart.com/341848/blueberry-muffins?backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/blueberry-recipes

Turkey Dressing

2 roll maple sausage
1 stick of margarine or butter
6 stalks celery
1 sweet onion
4 eggs
1 pkg. dried cranberries
1.5 cups chopped walnuts
3 nice sized apples
2 pkg. Herb dressing bread
1 large chicken broth
Sage
Poultry seasoning
Cook and drain the sausage, set aside. Add 1 stick of margarine or butter to frying pan, saute celery and onions. Using large mixing bowl, add chicken broth to dressing bread and mix to moisten. Add eggs, mixing well.Add sausage (kind of crumbled) Add sage, salt and pepper and poultry seasoning spices. )Start with2 tsp of sage and poultry seasoning). Season to taste. Pour sauteed celery and onions over bread mix, add cranberries and apples that have been peeled and cut up, add nuts and mix. If dry add more chicken broth, should be moist (I like mine pretty moist as baking it does dry it up a bit. Bake 1 hour at 350 . Although not recommended, I do stuff the bird lightly.
This is a recipe taught to me 30 + years ago by my BFF mom, Mrs. D. Enjoy. Freezes well, I always make extra and freeze without cooking for my DDIL, its her favorite.
Tulip

Fish in Crockpot

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2010/07/orange-honey-tilapia-slow-cooker-recipe.html

Lemon Sweet Chicken Crock Pot

This recipe turned out awesome! i posted this a while ago..plan on having it again tomorrow..

Lemon Sweet Chicken

1 chicken, cut up i use 10 chichen thighs,bone and skinless

1/2 cup water

1 - 6 ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate
i could only find the 12 ounce frozen lemonade..so i measured 1/2 to use, and froze the other 1/2 for next time
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons catsup
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water

hot cooked rice

Put the chicken pieces to
the crockpot.
Blend the thawed lemonade concentrate, the 1/2 cup
water, brown sugar, catsup and vinegar; pour over chicken.

Cover and
cook on low heat setting until tender, 5 or 6 hours. Remove the
chicken to platter; keep warm. Skim fat from the pan juices. Measure
juices; add water if necessary, to make 1 1/4 cups liquid. Place the
liquid into a sauce pan. Blend 1 tablespoon of cold water with the
cornstarch. Stir into the pan juices. Cook and stir till thickened and
bubbly. Remove from heat. serve sauce with chicken; over rice.

Remember,you can always make it up in the evening, and plug it in in the morning..if your crock comes out.


with the rice, i fried up some chopped onion in a little olive oil, i get the "cilantro" broth cubes..(in the spanish section), and 1 broth cube of chicken flavor. cup of water, boiled and mash/melt both cubes..then put it in the rice cooker..with the onion. we all love this rice..
 

Roast in Crock Pot

Salt and pepper a thawed roast such as a round roast or chuck. Place it in your crockpot, put the lid on turn your crackpot on to it's highest setting and cook for about 8 hours. You will have plenty of moisture from the meat itself. We also like to add a package of onion soup to this before cooking. With the drippings you can make baron of beef, or thicken the drippings for a flavorful gravy.
 
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Creamy Italian Chicken

This is a favorite at our house, though it isn't low in calories.

Creamy Italian Chicken

6 chicken breasts
1/4 cup water
1 package of Good Seasonings Italian dressing mix

Put chicken in slow cooker. Cover with seasoning packet and add the water. Cook on low for 3 hours or high for a little less. (You know your cooker and timing).

Mix one can of Cream of chicken soup, 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened, and one small can of sliced mushrooms. Pour over chicken and let cook 1-2 hours longer 'til all is heated through.

Serve over noodles.
 
Kaye

Chicken in Crockpot

If you like rotessori chicken, try this.
Put a whole chicken with an onion in the cavity and rub the chicken with butter( I use margarine).sprinkle with about a 4th cup of lemon juice and sprinkle with salt, pepper, parsley, and paprika. cook in crockpot on high for 6 hours. The chicken just falls of the bones. I usually make a couple potatoes in the microwave in my potatoe bag, and serve a salad with it. Easy supper.
 
Baba71

Chicken in Crock Pot

At our house, a favorite is chicken, on the bones or not (it will fall of if it is on the bones), potatoes, carrots, celery, cream of chicken soup and seasonings. Put it on low for 10-12 hours and it's delicious.

But you can throw just about anything in it. There's a recipie for crock pot chicken and dumplings somewhere that's delicious...and the pulled pork is amazing. Chirstmas lunch last year because you could get some whenever you were hungry after my dad grilled steak.

http://busycooks.about.com/od/chickenrecipe1/r/cpchickendumpli.htm but I suggest putting some of the liquid in a pot and boiling the dumplings that way, our crock pot doesn't bring it to a high boil that fast

Crockpot Pork Chops

Crockpot Chops and Dressing
1-can pie filling (peach or apple)
4 porkchops
StoveTop stuffing (prepared)

Spray crockpot with Pam.
Layer pie filling, then chops,
then stuffing. Cook on high for
3-4 hours, or low for 6-8 hours.

Serve filling over chops.
Stuffing as a side dish. Enjoy!

I make this when we go camping while
we're out at rummage sales. Come home
to a hot meal.
 
funcupl
 

Crock Pot Recipes

For potatoes and veggies I cut up carrots and slice potatoes, put in crockpot and add garlic salt - I like quite a bit and cover with a can of mushroom soup spread over top. Cook on low for about 8 hrs - kind of like scalloped potatoes with the veg already added.

Also do browned pot roast, add sliced carrots, potatoes and onions, some worcestershire sauce, can of golden mushroom soup and red wine. Cook on low for about 8 hours, then remove meat, add some flour mixed with water and cook for about half hour on high to make the gravy - this is really good and whole meal in done.
 
Walter'sMom

Chicken Breast in Crock Pot

5 boneless chicken breasts
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 can cream of muchroom soup
1 jar of salsa

cook on low for about 5 or 6 hours
remove breasts when done.

then take 8 ounce sour cream and mix it with the broth created by the other indredients..mix it up.

serve over rice, or fork pull the chicken apart and serve on flour tortillas. yummy

a family favorite.
 

Pulled Pork in Crock Pot

I put a boneless pork shoulder roast in mine for a full 24 hours on low. After that, the meat is easily shredded with a fork. Shred the meat and add BBQ sauce to your taste. Instant pulled pork sandwiches. Just add hamburger buns. It's always a good choice.

Pecan Pie Muffins

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans
2/3 cup melted butter ( no substitutes)
2 eggs, beaten

In a bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and pecans: set aside. Combine butter and eggs; mix well. Stir into flour mixture until moistened. fill greased and floured muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees until done. Remove immediately and cool Makes 2 1/2 dozen. terrific!!

I use regular size muffin tins. But, you can use the mini ones or the larger ones. Just bake until a toothpick comes out clean or use the spring test. that is what I do. These are really good! And so simple to make.

Apple Kuchen

This is one of those recipes that everyone goes crazy over and thinks you went to a lot of trouble.

1 stick soft butter
1 yellow cake mix
1/2 cup sweetened coconut
1 20 oz. can sliced apple pie apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sour cream
2 egg yolks

Cut the butter into the cake mix til crumbly. Mix in coconut. Press into 13x9 cake pan and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and arrange the apples over the top. Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apples. Mix sour cream and egg yolks and drizzle over apples. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Serve warm.
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Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese

Here is a recipe for a YUMMY dessert.
1/4 C powder sugar
2/3 C all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
3 Large eggs
1 C sugar
2/3 C pumpkin puree
1 C chopped walnut
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese
1 C powder sugar
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
1tsp vanilla
Extra powder sugar

For Cake
Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease 15X10 jelly roll pan. Line with wax paper or parchment paper. Then grease and flour lined pan. Sprinkle a thin cotton kitchen towel with about 1/2 C powder sugar
Then combine flour,baking powder,baking soda,cinnamon,cloves, salt, in a small bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in a large bowl until it thicken and is lemon colored (about 5 minutes) Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture and spread evenly prepared pan. Bake 13 to 15 minute or until top of cake springs back when touched. (if using dark colored pands begin checking doneness at 11mintues) Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel of paper. Starting with the long end roll up cake and towel together. Cool on rack.

For Filling
Beat cream cheese, butter, 1 C powder sugar and vanilla until smooth. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Re roll cake and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Sprinkle extra powdered sugar before serving.
Make sure you have enough powdered sugar on the towel so the cake doesn't stick to the towel.
patiese1

Baked Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal

1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 cup raisins
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Beat together oil and sugar. Mix in eggs, milk, salt, baking powder, oatmeal. Beat well then stir in raisins. Pour into a lightly grease pie pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Refrigerate overnight.
The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bake in preheated oven until firm, about 35 minutes. Serve hot

You can exchange any fruit for the raisins.. Apples are tasty also. I usually double the batch and a little milk and microwave it for breakfast . Its yummy!!
patiese1

Cauliflower & Potato Mashed

if its for getting someone to eat cauliflwr who doesnt like it, I had a great lower carb mashed potato at a restaurant I liked so much I asked for the recipe. It goes like this (I make it from my head, lol)
boil equal amouts of potatoes and cualiflower in separate pots. Boil cauli to very tender, boil potatoes to mash.
drain both, put in 1 pot and mash or whip with your rotary beaters to smooth with a little milk, and butter, garlic, salt, pepper, and throw in some parsley too.
Just make what you would to feed your family for mashed potatoes, but replace half the potato with cauliflower. No one will even know there is cauliflower in the potatoes!! sharet
(make sure cauli is drained very well)

Broccoli Salad

broccoli salad

1 large head broccoli
2 large carotts
1 large onion
1/2 cup mayo
4 strips bacon
1 TBS vinigar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
pepper to tast


cut up veggies fry bacon crisp and crumble set aside mix dressing ingrediants mix with veggies let sit at least 3 hours. sprinke with bacon befor seving.
lindy-2

Broccoli Casserole

Broccoli Casserole

Ingredients
2 packages chopped broccoli
1/2 to 1lb Velveeta cheese
1 stick margarine
Ritz Crackers, crushed (enough to put a good coat on top)

Directions
Cook broccoli according to directions on package, drain well. Return broccoli to pan, add butter and cheese, stir over low heat until melted. Pour into casserole spray coated dish, top with crackers crumbs. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes.

Cake in a Coffee Mug in Microwave

1 Coffee mug
4 Tbsp regular Flour
4 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tbsp Milk
3 Tbsp Oil
A small splash of vanilla
3 Tbsp Chocolate Chips( if you really want to live dangerous)

Add dry ingredients to mug mix wll with a fork. Add egg, mix thoroughly. Pour in milk ,oil and vanilla, mix well. Add chips if wanted) Put mug in microwave and cook for 3 minutes on 1000 watts microwave a little longer if you have a different wattage microwave. Cake will rise over the top of mug- Do not be alarm. Allow to cool a little; tip onto plate if desired. I usually eat it straight from the mug. I dip my spoon in icing and then dig into the cake and so on and so on. The reason its dangerous is you can now have chocolate cake anytime you want. I usually make up bags of the dry mix ingredients and then add the wet stuff whenever I want some cake!
patiese1

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Oreo Cookie Balls (np3)

Oreo Cookie Balls

Ingredients:

1 pkg. Oreo cookies (Can substitute store brands)
1 pkg. cream cheese block (Can substitute canned frosting) Use at room temperature.
4 oz. white chocolate almond bark

Directions:
1. Add Oreos to food processor and blend until fine.
2. Add cream cheese to Oreo crumbs and blend until dough-like.
3. Chill mixture for 15 minutes then roll into bite-size balls. Chill balls for 15 minutes.
4. Melt almond bark in microwave according to package directions. Stir every 30 seconds.
5. Dip chilled Oreo balls in melted chocolate using fork so chocolate can "drip off". Set covered cookie balls onto waxed paper and let set about. 30 minutes. If using sprinkles or decorative sugars do so before chocolate sets.

These will freeze but will stay fresh for a long time if refrigerated.

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