RASPBERRY PEACH CRISP FOR THE SLOW COOKER

INGREDIENTS:

Raspberry Peach filling

3 cups peaches, sliced and peeled

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½  teaspoon nutmeg, optional

¾ teaspoon apple pie spice

1 teaspoon lemon juice

½ teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon powdered vanilla

 ½ cup sugar

7 tablespoons flour (or THICK GEL – a modified cornstarch product)

6 oz. raspberries

Streusel/Crisp Topping

1 cup quick cook steel cut oat flour (steal cut oats put through a food chopper)

2 cups quick cook steel cut oats

1 teaspoon apple pie spice

 ¼ cup brown sugar

¼ cup white sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla powder

¼ teaspoon almond extract

½ cup butter, cubed

½ cup chopped pecans (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Line a slow cooker  with a Reynolds’s crock pot liner.  Prepare peaches by washing , peeling and slicing them into thin slices. Wash and drain raspberries. Place peaches in a medium mixing bowl. Add seasonings, lemon juice, sugar, almond extract, and THICK GEL and mix together. Add raspberries and gently stir. Pour into lined slow cooker.

In a large bowl, add the oat flour oats, sugar, almond extract,  brown sugar, apple pie spice and brown sugar. With a pastry fork, cut in the butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in the pecans. .  Pour the streusel over the raspberry peach mixture.  Cook on High 2 hours or on Low for 4 hours.  For the last hour of cooking remove the lid partially so that the crisp will get crisp.  Serve with whipping cream or vanilla ice cream.

Ingrdients

Peaches

All Mixed

In Slow Cooker

Cooking

Crispy and Ready

YUM!

STEEL CUT OATS, SLOW COOKER

Ingredients:

2 Cups Steel Cut Oats (make sure you don't have the quick cook steel cut oats)

7 – 8 Cups water (depending on how crunchy or creamy you like your oats)

1 pinch salt

¼ - ½ cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla powder

Toppings (all optional):

Milk

Heavy whipping cream

Pecans

Almonds

Walnuts

Dried fruit

Etc.

Directions:

Put all the ingredients in a lined slow cooker  8 hours before serving.  Turn the slow cooker on LOW  (Go to bed) Wake up to hot creamy steel cut oats.  Serve with desired toppings and mixins.

To make steel cut oats on the range top, reduce water to 3 ½ to 4 cups.  In a heavy saucepan, bring water and salt to boil.  Add still cut oats, brown sugar and vanilla power and simmer approximately 45 minutes or until desired consistency and texture.

Ingredients

Ready to Serve

With Whipping Cream and Pecans

Ready to Eat

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DOUGH BITES

Ingredients:

½ cup butter, softened

1 cup peanut butter

2/3 cup sugar
2 dashes of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla powder or vanilla extract

1 ½ - 2 teaspoons Watkins peanut butter extract – to taste, optional (I found it at Walmart)

1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 ½ cups all purpose flour

1 cup steel cut oats, (rolled oats will work, too)

½ cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix the butter and peanut butter until smooth and creamy.  Add the sugar, salt, peanut butter extract (optional) and vanilla.  Mix well.  Mix in the flours.  Mix in the oats, then mix in the chocolate chips.  Roll into 1 inch balls.  Store in the refrigerator.  Enjoy.

Ingredients

Butter and Peanut Butter Ready to Cream

Adding the sugar and Vanilla Powder

Ready to add the flours

Ready to Add the Oats

Oats added, ready for Chocolate Chips

With Mini Chocolate Chips

Ready to Chill

Ready to Serve