Slow Cooker Recipes: How To Bake Bread And Other Things In A Crock Pot Or Slow Cooker
By akirchner
Culinary Basics - Baking with a Crock Pot
Baking with a crock pot? You might not believe that this can be done but I am here to say that it can! I have made delicious bread pudding in my crock pot and when the temperatures soar to 100 degrees, it is a wonderful tool to be able to use instead of a conventional oven.
Part of culinary basics is being able to improvise and think of new and innovative ways to create standard dishes - baking with your crock pot is one such cooking technique.
There are many great books on baking in a crock pot on the market. Check some of them out below.
Baking in your crock pot is a wonderful tool to add to your culinary basics arsenal!
Crock Pot Bread Pudding Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- 3 eggs, beaten (or substitute 3/4 cup egg substitute)
- 3-1/2 cups non-fat milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt if desired
- 3 cups bread cubes or soft torn bread or rolls
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup raisins (golden or regular)
- 1 banana, sliced, optional OR
- 2 apples, cubed, optional OR
- 2 peaches, cubed, optional
PREPARATION
- Spray inside of crock pot insert with cooking spray to avoid sticking and make clean-up easier. I spray a few inches up from the bottom.
- Combine all ingredients.
- Gently stir until bread crumbs or cubes are thoroughly moistened.
- Place mixture in the greased slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Serve hot or cold.
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Using Your Crock Pot to Bake
There are many, many recipes that you can cook up in your slow cooker or crock pot that are hearty and delicious - here are some of my favorites! I have a wonderful cookbook called Fix It and Forget It and it has most all these recipes in it!
- Tapioca Pudding
- Rice Pudding
- Baked Apples with Raisins
- Caramel Apples
- Fruit Compotes
- Scandinavian Fruit Soup
- Applesauce
- Scalloped Pineapples
- Lemon Pudding Cake
- Cranberry Pudding
- Black and Blue Cobbler
- Pumpkin Pie Pudding
- Apple Crumble
- Apple Cake
- Harvey Wallbanger Cake
- Chocolate Fondue
- Hot Fudge Cake
- Chocolate Pudding Cake
- Peanut Butter and Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
- Corn Bread
- Lemon Bread
- Gingerbread
- Whole Wheat Bread
I think you get the idea! There are a lot of recipes that are already created or that you can create yourself by using your crock pot! My favorite one was making tapioca pudding - although I have to say we had enough tapioca to feed the city. It was wonderfully delicious though.
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Tips on Crock Pot Baking for Breads
Using the crock pot to bake bread is just one more wonderful way to bake in your slow cooker.
Here are some great tips!
- If baking bread, you can use 1, 2 or 3-pound coffee or nut cans - or any metal mold that holds 4, 8 or 12 cups of batter or ingredients (including copper molds)
- Double thickness of paper towels
- Aluminum foil or a small rack that fits inside the crock pot
- For baking breads, you usually will grease the inside of the can or mold (or spray lightly with cooking spray) and then fill the can or mold about half full to allow for rising
- Baking in a crock pot occurs when heat is allowed to circulate around the can or mold so you would either crumble up some aluminum foil to elevate the can off the bottom of the cooker, or place a small wire rack in the bottom of the slow cooker to allow that circulation around the bottom - you want the can or mold about 1 inch off the bottom
- Cover the dough or mixture with a couple layers of paper towel - unless the mold or can has a lid - then apply loosely
- Place the crock pot lid back on the cooker
- Most often, crock pot baking is done on HIGH but check the recipe you are using for specific directions
- Lift off the slow cooker lid to check for doneness - but do not lift too often as it takes roughly 20 minutes for the crock pot to get back to the temperature it was at before the lid was removed!
- Remove the mold or can from the crock pot with pot holders or paper towels
- Trick to removing the finished product after a bit of cooling? Use a can opener to take off the bottom of the can and then slowly, gently push the finished bread or product out the other end with the butt end of the can!
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Summing Up Baking in your Slow Cooker
On those days when your oven is full like at the holidays or your kitchen is boiling hot because of the weather - you have another option! Baking in your crock pot or slow cooker.
Check out some of the great cake recipes as well for cooking in your crock pot!
Let creativity be your guide as you can substitute different kinds of bread such as raisin bread or cinnamon bread for a bread pudding recipe.
You can substitute different fruits or berries for different kinds of bread pudding for instance - or add to a tapioca recipe for a delicious twist.
Using your crock pot or slow cooker is a very efficient way to ramp up your culinary basics and the ease with which most foods are created in it makes it a must in my kitchen. I use mine routinely at least 2-3 times per week and baking is just one more way I've found to enjoy it.
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Wonderful Sites for Tips and Crock Pot Baking Recipes
- An Experiment in Crockpot Cupcakes ~ Cupcake Project
- Baking in a Crockpot #73017 - p - Recipezaar
Find 39 recipes in the Baking in a Crockpot #73017 cookbook on Recipezaar.com - p1 - How to Use a Crockpot - Slow Cooker Tips and Crockpot Tips Cooking Lessons 101 - Crock-pot Hints Tip
Learn the basics of using a crockpot or slowcooker. Crockpot and slow cooker recipes and tips in a lesson format. - Cooks.com - Recipe - Pumpkin Bread
- Cooks.com - Recipe - Crock Pot Zucchini Bread
- Crock Pot Bread Recipes like Banana Bread, Banana Nut Bread, Bread, Brown Bread, Cornbread, Other Fr
Crock Pot Bread Recipes like Banana Bread, Banana Nut Bread, Bread, Brown Bread, Cornbread, Other Fruit Bread, Pumpkin - Cooks.com - Recipe - Honey Wheat Bread
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i must say i've never seen anything like it. i love the old man with the bread video! definitely going to be favoriting this and those videos for future reference. thanks :)
Chocolate in a crock pot? I'm investing! Thanks.
Good deal - the kitchen's always open~~~
Back again to say that is a fabulous bread making video and I'll be coming back to--soon I hope!
Thanks, RT - I love my cooking in a crockpot or slow cooker and use it at least once or twice per week. Handy gadget!
Thanks much for these slow cooker baking tips and links. I'm looking forward to checking out the last link first, after I watch the bread making video. :)
Voted up and bookmarked.
Back to say I'm linking this hub to mine on cooking with hubpages chefs. Thanks!
Plumbing - Thanks for the affirmation - yes indeed you can do all that and more!
Crockpots are perfect for anyone who wants to bake, but doesn't can't wait around for it to be done. Not only can you make meals in it, but desserts and breads can be made in there as well.
Thanks, Claire for stopping by and I agree - don't know what I'd do without mine!
What would we do without slow cookers! Can't believe you can actually bake bread in them too. Great hub, thanks or the info.
It is a great little machine and can do so many things. I love doing puddings and things in it too just because it makes the most wonderful aromas! Thanks for stopping by Kelsey.
I've never tried baking bread in my crock pot but there is so much useful information here that I'm willing to give it a try. Thanks for such an informative hub!
Thanks for the read, fillyourheart - I use mine all throughout the year. Just did a clam chowder the other day....yum!
Great ideas, pulling my crock pot out right now!
Awesome JJ - thanks so much and will have to check yours out!
Great hub, I'm linking it to my own hub about crock pot cooking! Thanks for sharing! :)
Great, Judy - glad you liked it and will have to make a note of your substitutions...that's what I love most about cooking - making it 'your way'.
I made your bread pudding recipe in this hub and it was delicious!
I used almond milk instead of fat-free and substituted dried cranberries for the raisins. I used a banana for the fruit. My son said it was the best bread pudding he has ever had! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
It is fantastic! Thanks so much for stopping by Liz.
What a brilliant idea! I have never tried baking in my slow cooker, but I'm very tempted to try the bread pudding recipe.
Thanks so much for stopping by msannec - and yes, it is a great way to add to the techniques!
Wow, this is great! We love our crockpot for meats, casseroles, etc. Now we have a whole new area to add to the 'pot'. Thanks for sharing these great tips.
I totally agree - thanks so much for stopping in, Jan.
I can't even count how many times I've been saved by a crockpot recipe. It's just so easy and everything turns out splendidly.
Thanks judydianne for reading - yes, we are slowly but surely creeping up so I plan to do the same!
This is fabulous! The temperature here today is going to be 97 degrees F. It's a great idea to get out the crock pot.
Hello, hello - thanks so much for commenting. I'm not sure about the genius part but you make me smile!
Katie - same goes. You are too kind - I love just doing something that makes 'sense' and cooking without the oven on does as our temps start to climb.
BK Creative - to you as well, many thanks for all the kudos. The zucchini bread sounds fantastic and now I must try that! I had forgotten about zucchini bread and that would be excellent in the crock pot.
Excellent! Super! Brilliant! etc. I used to bake all the time in my crockpot - my favorite was zucchini bread (which was cake-like). Cooking this way is convenient, easy, fun - let's not forget fun, and I like the portion size - I really don't need to be forced to eat a two layer cake.
The cakes stay moist too. Thanks for the recipes and a reminder of a great way to bake - turn off that oven!
Rated up for sure and more!
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You area a genius. There is another wisdom you put on the hub. I love breadpudding and definitely try you recipee which makes a change.
jiro 3 months ago
very good hub