Yes it's true, you can have amazing desserts that you prep after work, and will be ready for you after supper! Slow cooking brings convenience to desserts as well. Because the ingredients are usually always at hand, I make this dessert frequently, and the kids love it! It comes out as a moist soufflé with rich fudgy pudding under it. Very rich, very moist, and very good!
This works in either a small slow cooker, or a medium one.
Ingredients
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
1/4 cup cocoa
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cup boiling water
Spray the slow cooker pot with nonstick spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together until well blended. Add the milk, melted butter and vanilla and stir until well mixed into a smooth batter. It will be thick. Spread evenly in the cooker.
To make the topping, whisk together all ingredients in the medium bowl until smooth. GENTLY pour over the batter, and DO NOT stir it in. Just let it sit on top.
Cover and cook on HIGH until puffed and the top layer is set. About 2 hours. Serves 4.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Canless Cream of Onion Soup
There is nothing quite as comforting as a bowl of steaming cream soup. As with most things in life, homemade is way better than canned. So, when the pantry is low on stock, and the weather is too blustery for going to the store, this is a great choice for lifting your spirits and warming your body and heart.
This needs a medium or large slow cooker.
This recipe calls for chicken stock, but if you don't have any, I am including a small side note in the instructions that will be a good way to substitute the chicken stock. If you do have chicken broth, do not add the chicken, and you won't need to cook the onion as long.
You will need:
2 large onions
2 Tablespoons butter
4 cups chicken broth (OR, 4 cups water and 1-2 lbs chicken)
black pepper
salt
2 cups whole milk, half-and-half, OR 1 cup skim milk and 1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup flour
turn Slow-Cooker on HIGH, and drop 2 Tablespoons of butter into the crock pot. Finely chop onions(the more finely chopped, the better the end result), and add to butter. Stir the onions until soft and brown. Add the 4 cups of chicken stock, (OR the 4 cups of water and chicken). Add salt and pepper, if desired. Turn slow cooker on LOW and cook for at 6-8 hours.
After the chicken has cooked through, and the liquid in the pot is the rich color of broth, pull out the chicken pieces, keeping the onions in the slow cooker. In a bowl, combine 1/3 cup flour with 1 cup of the milk, whisk until smooth. Turn the slow cooker on HIGH once more, and pour the milk and flour mixture slowly into the cooker while stirring constantly. Allow to cook, with the lid off, and stirring frequently about 10 minutes until the mixture thickens. Add the rest of the milk or cream and just heat through, do not boil.
Serves 6
This needs a medium or large slow cooker.
This recipe calls for chicken stock, but if you don't have any, I am including a small side note in the instructions that will be a good way to substitute the chicken stock. If you do have chicken broth, do not add the chicken, and you won't need to cook the onion as long.
You will need:
2 large onions
2 Tablespoons butter
4 cups chicken broth (OR, 4 cups water and 1-2 lbs chicken)
black pepper
salt
2 cups whole milk, half-and-half, OR 1 cup skim milk and 1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup flour
turn Slow-Cooker on HIGH, and drop 2 Tablespoons of butter into the crock pot. Finely chop onions(the more finely chopped, the better the end result), and add to butter. Stir the onions until soft and brown. Add the 4 cups of chicken stock, (OR the 4 cups of water and chicken). Add salt and pepper, if desired. Turn slow cooker on LOW and cook for at 6-8 hours.
After the chicken has cooked through, and the liquid in the pot is the rich color of broth, pull out the chicken pieces, keeping the onions in the slow cooker. In a bowl, combine 1/3 cup flour with 1 cup of the milk, whisk until smooth. Turn the slow cooker on HIGH once more, and pour the milk and flour mixture slowly into the cooker while stirring constantly. Allow to cook, with the lid off, and stirring frequently about 10 minutes until the mixture thickens. Add the rest of the milk or cream and just heat through, do not boil.
Serves 6
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