Barbecued Pot Roast

Barbecued Pot Roast

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb lean pot roast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ cup tomato paste
  • 24 peppercorns
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 tsp worcestershire sauce

Instructions

  • Sprinkle salt over the roast and place in crock pot.
  • Spread tomato paste over meat; imbed peppercorns into paste; top with onions and
  • worcestershire sauce.
  • Cover and cook on LOW 8-10 hrs.
  • Serve meat with accumulated gravy.
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Course Crockpot / Meat

Apricot Nut Bread

Apricot Nut Bread

Portions:6 servings
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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup dried apricots
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 1 Tbsp grated orange peel
  • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Place the apricots on a chopping block.
  • Sprinkle 1 T flour over them.
  • Dip a knife into the flour and chop the apricots finely.
  • Flour the knife often to keep the cut up fruit from sticking together.
  • Sift the remaining flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar into a large bowl.
  • Combine the milk, egg, orange peel, and oil.
  • Stir the flour mixture and the whole wheat flour.
  • Fold in the cut up apricots, any flour left on the cutting block and the walnuts.
  • Pour into a well greased, floured bakin unit.
  • Cover and place on a rack in the slow cooker, but prop the lid open a fraction with a toothpick or a twist of
  • foil to let excess steam escape.
  • Cook on High for 4 to 6 hours.
  • Cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
  • Serve warm or cold.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Now before you all ask what a baking unit is (I wondered as I sat and
typed this in), I looked it up in the front of the bread section.
She says that some manufacturers are making units for slow cookers,
but if you don’t have one, a 2 pound coffee can works. Pyrex muffin cups
also work. Also 1, 1 1/2 and 2 quart molds work.
Do not lift the lid while baking this bread.
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Course Bread / Crockpot / Fruit

Crockpot Lacquered Chicken

Crockpot Lacquered Chicken

Portions:6 servings
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Ingredients

  • Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 lb whole chicken
  • 3 very large onions peeled and chopped
  • 5 large tomatoes chopped
  • 1 medium orange unpeeled, seeded, chopped
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • tsp pepper
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 bouillon cube crumbled
  • 3 heaping Tbsp red currant raspberry or red grape jelly
  • ¼ cup sweet sherry

Instructions

  • In a medium skillet, over medium high heat, heat the oil and saute the chicken, turning often, until well browned all over. Remove the chicken to a plate.
  • Saute the onion in the skillet until well browned.
  • Turn into the crockpot.
  • Place the tomatoes, orange, sugar, salt and pepper in the pot and set the chicken on top.
  • Rinse the skillet with the water and scrape into the cooker.
  • Add the bouillon cube.
  • Cover and cook on Low for 5 to 7 hours.
  • Before serving, remove the chicken to a deep serving dish and keep warm.
  • Turn the pot contents into a skillet, set the heat to high and simmer until thick enough to mound on a spoon.
  • Stir in the jelly and the sherry and cook, stirring until the sauce boils.
  • Do not overcook, lest the sauce lose its shiny quality.
  • If you wish, add some sugar or sweet sherry to further brighten the taste.
  • If sauce is not shiny enough, bring back to a very brisk boil and quickly stir in some jelly.
  • Pour sauce over the chicken.
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Crockpot Banana Bread

Crockpot Banana Bread

Crockpot Banana Bread

Portions:6 servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cup flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • cup shortening
  • cup sugar
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 1 ½ cups well mashed overripe banana (2 or 3 bananas)
  • ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts optional

Instructions

  • Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • With the electric beater on low, fluff the shortening in a small bowl, until soft and creamy.
  • Add the sugar gradually.
  • Beat in the eggs in a slow stream.
  • With a fork, beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, 1/2 the bananas another 1/3 of the flour mixture, the rest of the bananas then the last of the flour mixture.
  • Fold in the walnuts.
  • Turn into a greased and floured baking unit or a 2 1/2 quart mold and cover.
  • Place on a rack in the slow cooker.
  • Cover the cooker, but prop the lid open with a toothpick or a twist of foil to let the excess steam excape.
  • Cook on high for 4 to 6 hours.
  • Cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
  • Serve Warm.
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Course Bread / Crockpot / Fruit

Crockpot Pork Chops with Mushroom Sauce

Crockpot Pork Chops with MushroomSauce

Portions:8 servings
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Ingredients

  • 10 small thick porkchops
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • tsp sage
  • 1 can 12 oz cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 Tbsp dried onion flakes

Instructions

  • Trim the excess fat from the chops and use it to grease a large skillet.
  • Over high heat, brown each chop lightly on both sides.
  • Salt and pepper each as it finishes and place it in the crockpot.
  • Add the sage.
  • Turn the soup (undiluted) and the onion flakes into the still hot skillet.
  • Scrape the pan juices and turn them into the cooker.
  • Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours.
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Course Crockpot / Main Dish / Meat / Pork

Crockpot Meat Loaf

Crockpot Meat Loaf

Crockpot Meat Loaf

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 2 slices white bread
  • 1 ½ lb ground beef
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 small onion peeled
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp dry mustard
  • 1 can whole tomatoes (12 oz.)

Instructions

  • Place the milk and the bread in a large mixing bowl, and let stand until the bread has adsorbed all the milk.
  • With two forks, break the bread into crumbs.
  • Beat the ground beef into the crumbs until well mixed.
  • make a hollow in the center of the meat and break the eggs
    into it.
  • Beat the eggs a little; then grate the onions into the eggs.
  • Add salt, pepper and mustard.
  • Beat the eggs into the beef.
  • Shape into a round cake and place in the slow cooker.
  • Drain the tomatoes, and place them on the meat.
  • Cover and cook on Low for 5 to 7 hours.
  • Before serving, uncover the pot; turn the heat to High, and bubble away some of the sauce.
  • It should be thick, not thin.
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Course Crockpot / Meat

Crockpot Barbeque

Crockpot Barbeque

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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lb. boneless chuck steak 1 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 clove garlic peeled and minced
  • ¼ cup wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ cup catsup
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dry or prepared mustard
  • ¼ tsp black pepper

Instructions

  • Cut the beef on a diagonal, across the grain into slices 1 inch wide.
  • Place these in the crockpot.
  • In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients.
  • Pour over the meat, and mix.
  • Cover and cook on Low for 3 to 5 hours.
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Course Crockpot

Turn Your Grill Into A Smoker!

Turn Your Grill Into A Smoker!

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Instructions

  • Be sure to soak wood chips in water for 30 − 60 minutes before putting on the grill.
  • When using gas grills it’s best to put presoaked wood chips in a smoker box or wrap them in a piece of aluminum foil with a lot of holes in it.
  • This keeps your grill from filling up with ash and clogging the jets.
  • If you are using a charcoal grill or smoker then you can just put the wood directly on the coals (once they’ve heated up).
  • If you haven’t used wood before, start small.
  • Use a 1/4 cup of presoaked chips on your grill and see what is does for you.
  • One of the great things about barbecue is the wide variety of experimentation available to the backyard cook.
  • Wood is a great tool so don’t be afraid to use it.
  • You can make a homemade smoker box by using a tin can.
  • Poke some holes in the can, then open the lid not quite all the way and fill with wood chips that have been soaked in water for an hour.
  • Position the can on the coals before grilling.
  • Wait a little bit untilthe wood starts smoking, and commence with grilling.
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Course Crockpot / Tips