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Authors: Phyllis Pellman Good
4 eggs, well beaten
8 oz. cottage cheese
1¼ tsp. salt
Serve like spoon bread, or invert the pot, remove bread, and cut into wedges.
A slow cooker provides enough warmth to raise the dough. âDonna Barritz, Jenks, OK
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread
Mary Ann Westerberg
Rosamond, CA
Makes 6-8 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 2½-3 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup light molasses
2½ cups flour
1½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. salt
1 cup hot water
Serve with
applesauce
.
Top with
whipped cream
and sprinkle with
nutmeg
.
Lemon Bread
Ruth Ann Gingrich
New Holland, PA
Makes 6 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 2-2¼ hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
½ cup shortening
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1
2
/
3
cups flour
1
2
/
3
tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ cup milk
½ cup chopped nuts
grated peel from 1 lemon
Glaze:
¼ cup powdered sugar
juice of 1 lemon
Serve plain or with
cream cheese
.
Nancy's Vegetable Beef Soup
Nancy Graves
Manhattan, KS
Makes 6-8 servings
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 8 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 5- to 6-qt
2-lb. roast, cut into bite-sized pieces,
or
2 lbs. stewing meat
15-oz. can corn
15-oz. can green beans
1-lb. bag frozen peas
40-oz. can stewed tomatoes
5 beef bouillon cubes
Tabasco to taste
2 tsp. salt
Variation:
Add 1 large onion, sliced, 2 cups sliced carrots, and ¾ cup pearl barley to mixture before cooking.
Frances' Hearty Vegetable Soup
Frances Schrag
Newton, KS
Makes 10 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 8 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 3- to 4-qt
1-lb. round steak, cut into ½-inch pieces
14½-oz. can diced tomatoes
3 cups water
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 onions, sliced
3 celery ribs, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
3 beef bouillon cubes
½ tsp. dried basil
½ tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
1½ cups frozen mixed vegetables,
or
your choice of frozen Âvegetables
Variation:
Cut salt back to ½ tsp. Increase dried basil to 1 tsp. and dried oregano to 1 tsp.
Tracy Clark
Mt. Crawford, VA
“Absent Cook” Stew
Kathy Hertzler
Lancaster, PA
Makes 5-6 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 10-12 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 3- to 4-qt
2 lbs. stewing beef, cubed
2-3 carrots, sliced
1 onion, chopped
3 large potatoes, cubed
3 ribs celery, sliced
10¾-oz. can tomato soup
1 soup can water
1 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
2 Tbsp. vinegar
Anona's Beef Vegetable Soup
Anona M. Teel
Bangor, PA
Makes 6 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 8-10 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 6½-qt
1-1½-lb. soup bone
1 lb. stewing beef cubes
1½ qts. cold water
1 Tbsp. salt
¾ cup diced celery
¾ cup diced carrots
¾ cup diced potatoes
¾ cup diced onion
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables of your choice
1-lb. can tomatoes
1
/
8
tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped dried parsley
Ruby's Vegetable Beef Soup
Ruby Stoltzfus
Mount Joy, PA
Makes 8-10 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 3-8 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4½- to 5-qt
1 lb. beef cubes
1 cup beef broth
1½ cups chopped cabbage