First up: Applesauce!
Ingredients:
*8 cups peeled, cored, and sliced apples (1 average apple is about a cup)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup water
*Alternatively, I have also used 4 apples and 3-4 pealed and sliced pears
Directions:
First, peel, core, and slice the apples and add them to a slow cooker greased with PAM spray. I use gadget similar to this one to core and peel the apples. It saves me a TON of time. Bonus: It will also peel and core pears (although they need to be firm, not ripe) and potatoes!
Next, you add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 cup water and mix up it. Yum!
Set the slow cooker for 4-6 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low. I have 2 slow cookers, and they both cook foods at different temperatures and rates. Thus, the ranges of time and temp :)
Now, I KNOW there's no way a busy parent or teacher is going to have time to turn the slow cooker off or down at EXACTLY the end of its cook time. So.....
I recommend this slow cooker. I have had this for over two years now and it is AWESOME! You set it for the cook time and it automatically goes into "warm" mode when the cook time is up. So handy when you will be out of the house for longer than the recipe calls for!
When the apples have cooked and are mushy, you just mash them right in the slow cooker with a potato masher. You can wait for it to cool before you mash it, but I don't.
That's it! Now you can enjoy fresh applesauce by itself or mix it into things like smoothies or baked goods. Enjoy!
Do you have any slow cooker meals that save the day when you are too busy or tired to cook? I'd love to hear about them!
Set the slow cooker for 4-6 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low. I have 2 slow cookers, and they both cook foods at different temperatures and rates. Thus, the ranges of time and temp :)
Now, I KNOW there's no way a busy parent or teacher is going to have time to turn the slow cooker off or down at EXACTLY the end of its cook time. So.....
I recommend this slow cooker. I have had this for over two years now and it is AWESOME! You set it for the cook time and it automatically goes into "warm" mode when the cook time is up. So handy when you will be out of the house for longer than the recipe calls for!
When the apples have cooked and are mushy, you just mash them right in the slow cooker with a potato masher. You can wait for it to cool before you mash it, but I don't.
That's it! Now you can enjoy fresh applesauce by itself or mix it into things like smoothies or baked goods. Enjoy!
Do you have any slow cooker meals that save the day when you are too busy or tired to cook? I'd love to hear about them!
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