When you?re planning your big holiday meal, do you often feel like you spend way too much time figuring out how you?re going to shuffle all your dishes in and out of the oven to make room to cook your desserts? My solution this year is to take my favorite desserts and transform them into crockpot dessert recipes. Using your crockpot to make desserts is a great way to free up valuable oven space so you can keep your main courses cooking instead of spending time rotating them in and out of the oven.
We have three traditional desserts that we typically serve after a big holiday meal. The original recipes differ somewhat from the crockpot dessert recipes, but they are not difficult to make. Let me share with you how I?ve tweaked these dessert recipes to make in my crockpot instead of the oven.
Apple Crisp: This dessert is one where the timing is most important. You want to serve this dessert hot with a little scoop of ice cream or whipped topping. The melting topping is what makes this dessert wonderful! Use your basic recipe, but add a touch more butter, then cook it on low for a couple hours or until the apples get soft, but not all mushy. Figure out your timing so that you turn off the heat just before serving.
You can add a crunchy topping just before serving if you wish. Just mix the ingredients together in a small saucepan and heat until butter is incorporated. Sprinkle on your mixture either just before serving or after you scoop the apples into dessert bowls.
PB and Chocolate Brownies: Brownies are always yummy, but this brownie dessert tops them all with the added peanut butter! You begin with a regular brownie mix, but the dessert isn?t cut into squares like normal brownies. You spoon the dessert into bowls instead of cutting them into traditional brownie squares. Serve while hot so that the added ice cream or whipped topping melts a little. Very yummy!
Top this brownie dessert with some sprinkles of Reese?s Pieces or other candy topping that you like. Cut a peanut butter cup in quarters and garnish with one quarter for each serving. You want to time the cooking and serving of this so that you are ready to scoop up your dessert just minutes after you shut off the heat.
Pecan Crust Cheesecake: One of my favorite desserts is cheesecake. It?s fun using what can be considered a mini oven. Basically, you use the same recipe you normally would. The important thing to keep in mind is you?ll be using a 7? springform pan so you need to make sure it will fit . A 5 or 6 quart size is usually big enough, but measure to be sure. Then, make a simple graham cracker crust with some finely chopped pecans added, form the crust in the bottom and up the sides a little in your pan. Make the filling according to the recipe you normally use, then fill your pan.
Now, If you have a little cooling rack that fits, put that in to keep the pan up off the bottom. If you don?t have a small enough rack, take some aluminum foil, roll it up and form sort of a donut out of it. Use a big enough piece so your foil donut sits up an inch or so in order to keep your pan supported and off the bottom. You?ll be cooking your cheesecake on high for a couple hours, then turning the heat off and letting it sit undisturbed for an hour or more until you can remove it. Then you?ll want to cool it further until you remove the pan from the cheesecake. This process is a little more timely, but you?ll be serving the cheesecake either at room temperature or cold, so you can actually prepare this well before you want to serve it.
If you?ve been struggling year after year trying to arrange cooking times in your oven, this may be the perfect solution for you to leave your dinner cooking away in your oven undisturbed! If you don?t want to sacrifice any of your favorite desserts, get out your crockpot and re-create your old dessert recipes into new crockpot dessert recipes. Who knows, you may end up with some new favorites this holiday season!
You, your family and your dinner guests will get hooked on slowcooker cooking with some delicious new Crock Pot dessert recipes that are sure to please.
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