Fix-It and Forget-It Pink Cookbook (122 page)

Eleanor J. Ferreira

North Chelmsford, MA

1 pkg. (8 squares) semisweet chocolate

4-oz. pkg. sweet cooking chocolate

¾ cup sweetened condensed milk

¼ cup sugar

2 Tbsp. kirsch

1. Break both chocolates into pieces and place in cooker. Set cooker to High and stir chocolate constantly until it melts.
   
2. Turn cooker to Low and stir in milk and sugar. Stir until thoroughly blended.
   
3. Stir in kirsch. Cover and cook on Low until fondue comes to a very gentle simmer.
   

Bring fondue to table, along with fresh
cherries
with stems and
sponge cake
squares to dip into it.

Maricarol Magill

Freehold, NJ

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup flour

3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

½ cup milk

2 Tbsp. melted butter

½ tsp. vanilla

¾ cup packed brown sugar

¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1¾ cups boiling water

1. Mix together 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 Tbsp. cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
   
2. Stir in milk, butter, and vanilla. Spread over the bottom of slow cooker.
   
3. Mix together ¾ cup brown sugar and ¼ cup cocoa. Sprinkle over mixture in slow cooker.
   
4. Pour in boiling water. Do not stir.
   
5. Cover and cook on High 2-3 hours, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
   

Serve warm with
vanilla ice cream
.

Mary Puterbaugh

Elwood, IN

2½ cups of 18½-oz. pkg. chocolate fudge pudding cake mix

2 eggs

¾ cup water

3 Tbsp. oil

¹
/
₃
cup pecan halves

¼ cup chocolate syrup

¼ cup warm water

3 Tbsp. sugar

1. Combine cake mix, eggs, ¾ cup water, and oil in electric mixer bowl. Beat 2 minutes.
   
2. Pour into greased and floured bread or cake pan that will fit into your slow cooker.
   
3. Sprinkle nuts over mixture.
   
4. Blend together chocolate syrup, ¼ cup water, and sugar. Spoon over batter.
   
5. Cover. Bake on High 2-3 hours.
   

Serve warm from slow cooker.

Lee Ann Hazlett

Freeport, IL

Della Yoder

Kalona, IA

18½-oz. pkg. chocolate cake mix

3.9-oz. pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix

2 cups (16 oz.) sour cream

4 eggs

1 cup water

¾ cup oil

1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips

1. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, water, and oil in electric mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips.
   
2. Pour into greased slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low 6-7 hours, or on High 3-4 hours, or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with moist crumbs.
   

Serve with
whipped cream
or
ice cream
,
if you wish.

Sara Wilson

Blairstown, MO

½ cup flour

¼ cup sugar

¾ tsp. baking powder

¹
/
₃
cup milk

1 Tbsp. oil

½ tsp. vanilla

¼ cup peanut butter

½ cup sugar

3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup boiling water

1. Combine flour, ¼ cup sugar, and baking powder. Add milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Stir in peanut butter. Pour into slow cooker.
   
2. Mix together ½ cup sugar and cocoa powder. Gradually stir in boiling water. Pour mixture over batter in slow cooker. Do not stir.
   
3. Cover and cook on High 2-3 hours, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
   

Serve warm with
vanilla ice cream
.

Nanci Keatley

Salem, OR

5 squares unsweetened baking chocolate

1 stick (½ cup) butter, cut in pieces

5.3-oz. can evaporated milk

3 cups powdered sugar

1½ tsp. vanilla extract

1. Mix all ingredients in slow cooker.
   
2. Cover and cook on High 30 minutes. Stir.
   
3. Cover and cook up to another hour, or until chocolate and butter are melted and sauce is smooth.
   
4. Store in refrigerator.
   

Serve over ice cream and cake! Or use it as a fondue for fruit!

Variation:

Add ½ cup smooth or chunky peanut butter to Step 1.

Mary W. Stauffer

Ephrata, PA

¼ cup melted butter

½ cup graham cracker crumbs

½ cup chocolate chips

½ cup butterscotch chips

½ cup flaked coconut

½ cup chopped nuts

½ cup sweetened condensed milk

1. Layer ingredients in a bread or cake pan that fits in your slow cooker, in the order listed. Do not stir.
   
2. Cover and bake on High 2-3 hours, or until firm.
   

   Remove pan and uncover. Let stand 5 minutes.
   

3. Unmold carefully on plate and cool.