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.

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Peel the apples and dice them medium small. Sassy   Ronda    Reply   Quote Reply
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SassySewer53 Joined: Jan 4, 10 Messages: 340 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Phoenix, AZ	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 350º. 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.

 

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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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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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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!

 

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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.
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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..

 

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