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Baking in Your Slow Cooker

Many people don’t realize they can actually bake in their slow cooker. In fa
recipes make baking in your slow cooker easier than baking in an oven. Als
side, slow cooker baking uses less energy.

Here are some recipes and ideas for baking in your slow cooker.

1. Whole Wheat Bread

Yes, you can bake bread in your slow cooker! It avoids a hot kitchen for one
also uses so much less energy than heating up the large oven for just one l
how to make a 12-serving loaf.

First, you’ll need a deep metal bowl or even a 1-lb coffee can that fits into y
cooker. Grease the bowl well. Then, turn your empty slow cooker on High to
(cover on).

In a small bowl, dissolve 1 tablespoon yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Let it s
combine in a bowl:

* 1 cup warm milk or buttermilk

* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 2 tablespoons oil
* 2 tablespoons honey
* 1 egg
* 1/4 cup wheat germ

Mix these together, then add:

* 3 cups whole wheat flour

Knead dough until smooth and elastic – about 10 minutes. Place dough in
metal bowl or coffee can, and cover loosely with aluminum foil. In your pre
cooker, pour 1/2 cup of water and place a trivet in the bottom. If you don’t
you can use crumbled foil. Set the bowl or can on the trivet or foil, cover th
and bake for 3 hours. The top of your bread may or may not brown, but it w

Variation: replace 1/4 cup flour with 1/2 cup rolled oats; add oats into milk

2. Apple Cake

This serves 8 to 10, and you’ll need a bread or cake pan that fits in your slo

In a bowl, beat:

* 2 cups sugar
* 1 cup oil
* 2 eggs

* 2 teaspoons vanilla

Then stir in:

* 2 cups peeled, chopped apples

Sift together:

* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Add these dry ingredients to the apple mixture along with 1 cup chopped w
pecans (optional). Stir well and pour into the greased and floured bread pa
Grease a piece of tin foil and place over the top of the pan; place pan into s
cover, and bake on High 3 to 4 hours.

Let stand 5 minutes before you take the pan out of the slow cooker. Turn c
rack and allow to cool; then slice.

3. Chocolate Fudge Cake

Here’s a cake that you don’t need a separate bowl for – you bake it right in
the slow cooker.

In a bowl, mix together:

* 1 cup brown sugar

* 1 cup flour
* 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
Stir in:

* 1/2 cup milk

* 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

Spread this mixture over the bottom of your slow cooker. Then, mix togeth

* 3/4 cup brown sugar

* 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Sprinkle this over the batter in the slow cooker. Next, boil 1 3/4 cups wate
the batter. Don’t stir; just cover and cook on High 2 to 3 hours. A toothpick
come out clean when it’s done.

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