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Authors: Phyllis Pellman Good
Nanci Keatley
Salem, OR
When you use a slow cooker for side dishes and desserts it frees up your stove top and oven. I have four slow cookers and use them all. âColleen Heatwole, Burton, MI
Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding
Ann Bender
Fort Defiance, VA
Gladys M. High
Ephrata, PA
Mrs. Don Martins
Fairbank, IA
Makes 6 servings
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 2-6 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
2½ cups cooked rice
1½ cups evaporated,
or
scalded, milk
2
/
3
cup brown,
or
white, sugar
1 Tbsp. soft butter
2 tsp. vanilla
½-1 tsp. nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
½-1 cup raisins
Serve warm or cold.
Mama's Rice Pudding
Donna Barnitz
, Jenks, OK
Shari Jensen
, Fountain, CO
Makes 4-6 servings
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 6-7 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
½ cup white rice, uncooked
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ cup raisins
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
nutmeg
Dolores' Rice Pudding
Dolores Metzler
Mechanicsburg, PA
Makes 8-10 servings
Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time: 3½ hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 5½-qt
1 cup white uncooked rice
1 cup sugar
4 cups milk
3 eggs
1½ cups milk
2 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt
nutmeg,
or
cinnamon
Serve warm.
Slow-Cooker Tapioca
Nancy W. Huber,
Green Park, PA
Makes 10-12 servings
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 3½ hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4½-qt
2 quarts milk
1 cup small pearl tapioca
1-1½ cups sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
Serve topped with
whipped cream
orÂ
fruit
of choice.
Tapioca Salad
Karen Ashworth
Duenweg, MO
Makes 10-12 servings
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 3 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4½-qt
10 Tbsp. large pearl tapioca
½ cup sugar to taste
dash salt
4 cups water
1 cup grapes, cut in half
1 cup crushed pineapple
1 cup whipped cream
Serve cold.
Variation:
Add 1 small can mandarin oranges, drained, when adding rest of fruit.
Blushing Apple Tapioca
Julie Weaver
Reinholds, PA
Makes 8-10 servings
Prep. Time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking Time: 3-4 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
8-10 tart apples
½ cup sugar
4 Tbsp. minute tapioca
4 Tbsp. red cinnamon candy
½ cup water
Serve hot or cold. Top with
whipped cream
,
if you wish.
Marshmallow Applesauce Dessert
Marla Folkerts
Holland, OH
Makes 6-8 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1½-4 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
4 cups applesauce
¼ tsp. allspice
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 cups mini-marshmallows
Serve warm from slow cooker.
Note:
This is delicious over ice cream and cake! We've even used it as a fondue for fruit!