Fix-It and Forget-It Pink Cookbook (17 page)

Barbara Aston

Ashdown, AR

¼ cup melted butter

2 12-oz. cans cocktail ­peanuts

1⅝-oz. pkg. chili ­seasoning mix

1. Pour butter over nuts in slow cooker. Sprinkle in dry chili mix. Toss together.
   
2. Cover. Heat on Low 2-2½ hours. Turn to High. Remove lid and cook 10-15 minutes.
   

Serve warm or cool.

Marilyn Yoder

Archbold, OH

½ cup butter

½ cup light corn syrup

1 cup brown sugar

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1. Mix together all ingredients except apples in saucepan. Bring to boil.
   
2. Pour into slow cooker. Set on Low.
   

Dip fresh
apple slices
into hot caramel.

Variation:

Add ½ cup peanut butter to dip.

Rhonda Burgoon

Collingswood, NJ

4 lbs. apples

2 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. ground cloves

1. Peel, core, and slice apples. Place in slow cooker.
   
2. Cover. Cook on High 2-3 hours. Reduce to Low and cook 8 hours. Apples should be a rich brown and be cooked down by half.
   
3. Stir in spices. Cook on High 2-3 hours with lid off. Stir until smooth.
   
4. Pour into freezer con­tainers and freeze, or into sterilized jars and seal.
   

Shirley Sears

Tiskilwa, IL

4 qts. finely chopped tart apples

2¾ cups sugar

2¾ tsp. cinnamon

¼ tsp. ground cloves

¹
/
₈
tsp. salt

1. Pour apples into slow cooker.
   
2. Combine remaining ingredients. Drizzle over apples.
   
3. Cover. Cook on High 3 hours, stirring well with a large spoon every hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook 10-12 hours, until butter becomes thick and dark in color. Stir occasionally with strong wire whisk for smooth butter.
   
4. Freeze or pour into sterilized jars and seal.
   

Charlotte Fry

St. Charles, MO

3 quarts Jonathan,
or
Winesap, apples

2 cups apple cider

2½ cups sugar

1 tsp. star anise,
optional

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

2 cinnamon sticks

1. Peel, core, and chop apples. Combine with apple cider in large slow cooker.
   
2. Cover. Cook on Low 10-12 hours.
   
3. Stir in sugar, star anise if you wish, lemon juice, and cinnamon sticks.
   
4. Cover. Cook on High 2 hours. Stir. Remove lid and cook on High 2-4 hours more, until thickened.
   
5. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.
   

Dolores Metzler

Mechanicsburg, PA

3 quarts unsweetened applesauce

3 cups sugar (
or
sweeten to taste)

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp.,
or
less, ground cloves

1. Combine all ingredients in large slow cooker.
   
2. Cover. Cook on High 8-10 hours. Remove lid during last 4 hours. Stir occasionally.
   

Lilli Peters

Dodge City, KS

7 cups unsweetened applesauce

2 cups apple cider

1½ cups honey

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. ground cloves

½ tsp. allspice

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Mix well with whisk.
   
2. Cook on Low 14-15 hours.
   

Charlotte Shaffer

East Earl, PA

4 29-oz. cans peaches,
or
apricots

2¾-3 cups sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ground cloves

1. Drain fruit. Remove pits. Purée in blender. Pour into slow cooker.
   
2. Stir in remaining ingredients.
   
3. Cover. Cook on High 8-10 hours. Remove cover during last half of cooking. Stir occasionally.
   

Note:

Spread on bread, or use as a topping for ice cream or toasted pound cake.