Good - Fix-It and Forget-It Holiday Sweets and Desserts

Phyllis Pellman Good Fix-It and Forget-It Holiday Sweets and Desserts is based on
Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes and Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook Revised and Updated: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes
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Yes, you can make desserts in a slow cooker! And here are three good reasons to do it:

1. When your oven is crammed full, you can call your slow cooker into action and make dessert in it.
2. When the house is steamy warm from all the guests and the roaring oven, a slow cooker can make dessert quietly and without upping the temperature in the house.
3. Making dessert in a slow cooker is useful and efficient, but its also part entertainment. Curious guests wont believe it.

Some desserts can go straight into the slow cooker.

For others youll need a baking insert. Bread pans fit well into oval slow cookers. Many casserole dishes and cake pans fit into larger round slow cookers. Metal jar rings or trivets will keep your baking dish elevated off the bottom of the cooker. Your slow cooker is your entertaining friend. Let it lift your holiday spirits! Phyllis Pellman Good

Holiday Cherry Cobbler Colleen Heatwole Burton, MI Makes 5-6 servings Prep.

Time: 15 minutesCooking Time: 2-3 hoursIdeal slow cooker size: 4-qt.16-oz. can cherry filling (light or regular)1 pkg. cake mix for 1 layer white, or yellow, cake1 egg3 Tbsp. evaporated milktsp. cinnamoncup walnuts, chopped

1. Spray slow cooker with cooking spray.
2. Spread pie filling in bottom of cooker.
3. Cover. Cook on High 30 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a medium-sized mixing bowl mix together cake mix, egg, evaporated milk, cinnamon, and walnuts.
5. Spoon over hot pie filling.

   Do not stir.

6. Cover. Cook on Low 2-3 hours, or until toothpick inserted in cake layer comes out clean.

Easy Chocolate Clusters Marcella Stalter Flanagan, IL Makes 3 servings Prep. Time: 5 minutesCooking Time: 2 hoursIdeal slow cooker size: 4-qt.2 lbs. white coating chocolate, broken into small pieces2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips4-oz. pkg. jar roasted peanuts

1. Combine coating chocolate, chocolate chips, and German chocolate. jar roasted peanuts
   1. Combine coating chocolate, chocolate chips, and German chocolate.

      Cover and cook on High 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook 1 hour longer, or until chocolate is melted, stirring every 15 minutes.

   2. Stir in peanuts. Mix well.
   3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand until set. Store at room temperature.
   Gingerbread Pudding Cake Katrina Eberly Wernersville, PA Makes 6-8 servings Prep. vanilla extractcup molasses1 cup water1 cups flourtsp. baking sodatsp. ground cinnamontsp. ground gingertsp. salttsp. ground allspicetsp. ground nutmegcup chopped pecans6 Tbsp. brown sugarTopping:cup hot water5 Tbsp. (cup) butter, melted
   1. Spray interior of slow cooker with cooking spray.
   2. In a large mixing bowl, cream 4 Tbsp. butter and sugar until light and fluffy. butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

      Beat in egg white and vanilla.

   3. In a separate bowl, combine molasses and water until blended.
   4. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and spices. Add to creamed mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beating well after each addition.
   5. Fold in pecans. Spoon into slow cooker. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
   6. In a small bowl, combine hot water and 5 Tbsp. butter. Pour over batter.

      Do not stir.

   7. Cover. Cook on High 2-2 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
   8. Turn off cooker. Let stand 15 minutes. Serve cake warm.
   Note from Tester: I used blackstrap molasses, and the flavor didnt overpower the cake. Christmas Apple Date Pudding Colleen Heatwole Burton, MI Makes 8 servings Prep. flour1 tsp. baking powdertsp. salttsp. cinnamon2 Tbsp. melted butter1 beaten egg
   1. In a greased slow cooker, mix together apples, sugar, dates, and pecans.
   2. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. melted butter 1 beaten egg
      1. In a greased slow cooker, mix together apples, sugar, dates, and pecans.
      2. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.

         Stir into apple mixture.

      3. Drizzle melted butter over batter and stir.
      4. Stir in egg.
      5. Cover. Cook on Low 3-4 hours. Serve warm.
      Date and Nut Loaf Jean Butzer Batavia, NY Makes 16 servings Prep. Time: 20 minutesCooking Time: 3-4 hoursIdeal slow cooker size: large enough to hold 2 coffee cans, or your baking insert1 cups boiling water1 cups chopped dates1 cups sugar1 egg2 tsp. baking sodatsp. vanilla1 Tbsp. melted butter

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