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!

BLACKBERRY BUTTER

INGREDIENTS:

1 (6 oz.) container fresh blackberries

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (brought to room temperature and cubed – DO NOT LET GET TOO SOFT)

4 tablespoons sugar (I used extra fine baker’s sugar)

1 teaspoon powdered vanilla (Cook’s Vanilla Powder)

1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:

In a food processor, electric food chopper or blender, gently puree blackberries.  Add the sugar and mix into the puree. In a food processor or blender, cream the butter.  Add the salt and vanilla powder and mix into the creamed butter.  Slowly add the pureed blackberries to the creamed butter.  Mix until well blended. Remove from food processor and put into a tightly covered container.    If you would like to make it look elegant, pipe it into your serving container.  Store in the refrigerator…but let it soften for about 30 minutes before serving.  Serve with biscuits, bread, toast, EASY SWEET ROLLS and BREAD DOUGH, or anything else that sounds divine.

Makes about 1 ¼ cups blackberry butter

Ingredients

Blackberries

Blackberries and Sugar

Blackberry Puree

Butter Ready to Be Creamed

Creamed Butter

Butter and Puree

All Mixed and Ready to Put in A Ramekin

Ready to Serve

STRAWBERRY BUTTER

INGREDIENTS:

¾ cup fresh strawberries, hulled

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (brought to room temperature and cubed – DO NOT LET GET TOO SOFT)

4 tablespoons sugar (I used extra fine baker’s sugar)

1 teaspoon powdered vanilla (Cook’s Vanilla Powder)

1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:

In a food processor, electric food chopper or blender, gently puree strawberries.  Add the sugar and mix into the puree. In a food processor or blender, cream the butter.  Add the salt and vanilla powder and mix into the creamed butter.  Slowly add the pureed strawberries to the creamed butter.  Mix until well blended. Remove from food processor and put into a tightly covered container.    If you would like to make it look elegant, pipe it into your serving container.  Store in the refrigerator…but let it soften for about 30 minutes before serving.  Serve with biscuits, bread, toast, Easy Sweet Rolls and Bread Dough , or anything else that sounds divine.

Makes about 1 ¼ cups strawberry butter

Ingredients

Strawberries

Strawberries - Puree

Butter, ready to cream

Creamed Butter

Mixing Puree In

Ready to put in a Ramekin

Ready to Serve