Easy Apple Butter Recipe and 2 More Delicious Crockpot Recipes

Preparing delicious and long lasting meals is easy when using a Crockpot. Apple butter, apple coconut crisp and apple cranberry compote recipes are 3 great Crockpot recipes. Here are the 3 recipes for you to prepare at home:

1. Apple Butter

This can be made in a slow cooker/Crock Pot or oven at 325 degrees for 3-4 hours.

Ingredients:

- 4 qts. unsweetened applesauce
- 7 C. granulated sugar
- 1-1/3 C. brown sugar
- 5-1/3 T. cider vinegar
- 5-1/3 T. lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon. cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon. allspice
- 1 teaspoon. ground cloves

Directions:

- Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker/Crock Pot or roasting pan.
- Cover and cook 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Remove lid and continue cooking until excess liquid cooks away (turn to low as necessary) Slow Cooker 5-8 hours, oven 3-5 hours Seal mixture in hot jars and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Makes approximately 8-10 pints

2. Apple Coconut Crisp

Ingredients:

- 4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled & coarsely sliced (about 4 cups)
- 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butterscotch or caramel ice cream topping (fat-free is fine)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup quick rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Directions:

- In a casserole 1 1/2-quart baking dish that fits in the slow cooker/Crock Pot, combine apples with
coconut, 1 tablespoon flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Drizzle with the ice cream topping.
- Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl with a fork or pastry cutter and sprinkle over apple mixture.
- Cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until apples are tender.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.

3. Apple Cranberry Compote

Ingredients:

- 6 cooking apples, peeled, slice
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cups port wine
- sour cream , (low fat)

Directions:

- Arrange apple slices and cranberries in slow cooker/Crock Pot.
- Sprinkle sugar over fruit.
- Add orange peel, water and wine. Stir to mix ingredients. Cover, cook on low 4-6 hours, until apples are tender.



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Delicious Crockpot Chicken and Ham Chili

This very simple chili is made with chicken and ham but ground beef could be substituted for the chicken and or ham if desired. The recipe was based on a number of (edible) experiments in an attempt to match a particular commercial chili originating in Texas. This brand is so popular that I am told that some people who have moved out of the area ordered cases of cans of it shipped to their new residences. I believe the "magic" ingredient that makes this dish stand out is the use of refried beans in place of pinto beans. Because of the high starch content, the refried beans help thicken this dish and also hel spread the marvelous flavor. It's so easy to make, I don't see any reason to buy commercial canned chili, not that I have anything against it. How long has it been since you ate "a steamin' hot bowl of X brand chili" Ah -that's too long. Try this one, I think you will like it. To find 600 plus other free recipes visit my website. Hope you'll like the website too!

Crockpot Chili

16 oz. ham, cooked, diced

2 cps chicken, cooked, diced

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 cps, yellow onions, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

3 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp cumin

1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 cp chicken stock (or water)

(1) 28 oz can of diced tomatoes

3 cps refried beans, cooked

2 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions:

1 - Combine all the ingredients in the crock pot and cook on high for 5 hours

Comment - This chili can be made with some sauted ground beef if desired. The taste is great either way. Hope you like it!



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Wonderful Chicken, Potato, and Gravy Crock Pot

This delicious chicken crockpot recipe was developed after experimenting with quite a few ingredient compositions. I the cream of celery soup gave a better flavor than the cream of mushroom soup usually used. The other ingredient that helped in the flavor department is the smoked sausage. Most of my own recipes use chicken or fish as the base "meat" ingredient, but in this case I think this is a case where "less is more" because of the high flavor concentration of the sausage. Having worked in many labs during my career, it's a great feeling to be making experiments you can eat, something you can't do in most chemlabs.

Ingredients:

3 chicken drumsticks, skin on, bone in

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cans cream of celery soup

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 medium potatoes, prebaked, cooled and peeled

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 chicken bouillon cube

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tsp ground thyme

1 bay leaf

3 oz smoked sausage, sliced crossways about 1/8" thick

1 cup chicken broth (or water)

Instructions:

1 - Add the olive oil to a skillet, then saute' onion until translucent.

2 - Add garlic and cook for no longer than 1 minute. (gets bitter if you don't)

2 - Remove with slotted spoon and put in slow cooker.

3 - Add chicken pieces to same skillet and lightly brown for about 5 minutes.

4 - Add the chicken and all the other ingredients to the crock

pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender.

Comment - Words to describe this crock pot meal are hard to find but scrumptious comes to mind, along with unbelievably delicious!

I know you'll just love this one! - Frank


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