Fix-It and Forget-It Revised and Updated: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes (120 page)

Autumn Sipper

Shari Jensen

Fountain, CO

Makes 8 1-cup servings

Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking Time: 4 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 3½-qt.

1 Tbsp. whole allspice

3 3-inch cinnamon sticks

2 whole cloves

1 piece each lemon and orange peel, each about the size of a half dollar

1 piece crystallized ginger, about the size of a quarter

5 cups apple juice

3 cups apricot nectar

1. Place spices, citrus peels, and ginger in a cheesecloth or coffee filter. Tie securely. Place in bottom of slow cooker.

2. Pour in apple juice and nectar. Cover.

3. Cook on High 1 hour, then on Low 3 hours.

Serving suggestion: Garnish filled glasses with fresh
cinnamon sticks
and
orange slices
, if you wish.

Hot Apricot Zinger

Jan Mast

Lancaster, PA

Makes 12 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 2-4 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt.

46-oz. can apricot juice,
or
nectar

3 cups orange juice

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

½ cup brown sugar

3 cinnamon sticks

½ tsp. whole cloves

1. Stir juices and brown sugar together in slow cooker.

2. Tie cinnamon sticks and cloves in a cheesecloth bag or coffee filter.

3. Add spice pack to juices.

4. Cook on Low 2-4 hours. Serve hot.

Hot Mulled Apple Tea

Barbara Tenney

Delta, PA

Makes 16 1-cup servings

Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking Time: 2 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4½-qt.

½ gallon apple cider

½ gallon strong tea

1 sliced lemon

1 sliced orange

3 3-inch cinnamon sticks

1 Tbsp. whole cloves

1 Tbsp. allspice

brown sugar to taste

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

2. Heat on Low 2 hours.

Autumn Tea

Shelia Heil

Lancaster, PA

Makes 12 servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 2-3 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4- to 5-qt.

5 individual tea bags

5 cups boiling water

5 cups unsweetened apple juice

2 cups cranberry juice

⅓ cup lemon juice

½ cup sugar

½ tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1. Place tea bags in slow cooker. Pour in boiling water. Cover and steep for 10 minutes.

2. Remove and discard tea bags.

3. Add juices, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice.

4. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

5. Heat in slow cooker on High 2-3 hours, or until flavors have blended and tea is heated through.

Serving suggestion: Serve warm.

Mulled Holiday Wassail

Marcia S. Myer

Manheim, PA

Makes 15-18 servings

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-4 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

3 qts. apple cider

½ cup brown sugar

2 6-oz. cans pineapple juice

⅓ cup orange juice

juice of 1 fresh lemon

1 heaping Tbsp. mulling spice, placed in cheesecloth
or
coffee filter and tied shut with strong string

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

2. Cook on High 3-4 hours.

Yummy Hot Cider

Char Hagner

Montague, MI

Makes 10-11 1-cup servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 2 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 3-qt.

3 3-inch sticks cinnamon

2 tsp. whole cloves

1 tsp. whole nutmeg,
or
½ tsp. ground nutmeg

½ gallon apple cider

1 cup sugar

2 cups orange juice

½ cup lemon juice

1. Tie spices in cheesecloth or tea strainer and place in slow cooker.

2. Add apple cider and sugar, stirring well.

3. Cover. Simmer on Low 1 hour. Remove spices and stir in orange juice and lemon juice. Continue heating 1 more hour.

Serving suggestion: Serve cider from cooker, set on Low.

Great Mulled Cider

Charlotte Shaffer

East Earl, PA

Barbara Sparks

Glen Burnie, MD

Makes 8-10 1-cup servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 3 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt.

½ tsp. ground allspice,
or
1 tsp. whole allspice

1½ tsp. whole cloves

2 cinnamon sticks

2 qts. apple cider

½ cup frozen orange juice concentrate

½ cup brown sugar

orange slices

1. Tie all whole spices in cheesecloth bag, then combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

2. Cover and simmer on Low 3 hours.

Hot Caramel Apple Cider

Shelia Heil