Introduction To Baking In Crock-pots #1 Recipe
Yield: 1 servingsYield: 1 servings
Recipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
DEIDREANNE PENRODFGGT98B
Directions:
Baking in a Slow Cooker As mentioned before, under some circumstances (when
it is cooking stews and casseroles and braising meats, for instance) a slow
cooker acts as a Dutch oven. But at other times it can be like a small real
oven or a steamer. Because it uses up so few energy-pennies a day, it is
economical to use for baking small quantities, Baking in an oven, unless
you really need lots of space, heats a large area when a smaller one would
do. If things baked in your slow cooker dont come out just right the first
time, experiment a little, and eventually youll turn out surprisingly
handsome baked goods. Test one or two recipes here in your baking equipment
~ you may want to halve some of the recipes. To do much baking in a slow
cooker, you must have one of the larger units. The low, small units cant
handle much. But it is fun to try half recipes in them, and all the other
recipes in this section can be halved and cooked in smaller units.
One of the manufacturers - notably Rival - are marketing baking units that
fit inside slow cookers. If your slow cooker isnt equipped with a baking
utensil, you can easily improvise. Study the commercial baking units
offered, and youll see they are tall so that doughs can rise high. They
are lidded to keep the steam, which forms inside the cover of the slow
cooker, from falling back into the batter or dough. Below the lid, there
are vents in the sides of the container so that steam from the cooking
batter can escape into the slow pot. A cover to keep steam from falling
into the batter and venting to let steam out of the cooking utensil are the
essential elements in baking improvisations. A two-pound coffee can is a
good substitute. Muffin tins dont fit slow cookers. However, Pyrex muffin
cups do. I make a double-decker layer of them, using Pyrex cups or a plate
to cover the bottom layer and a piece of foil to keep steam from the top
layer. About 6 Pyrex muffin cups, each 2 1/2 inches across, fit several of
the slow- cooker models on the market--making half the average recipe. (If
you have mixed up a batch of ingredients and find it doesnt fit the
intended baking equipment, cook in a mold. Custards cook beautifully in a
souffle dish or casserole. Use a 1 1/2 quart size, topped with a loosely
placed foil lid to keep condensing steam from falling into custard. Also
use a Pyrex cup as a rack on the floor of the slow-cooker; and crumpled
foil pressed over the upended bottom of the Pyrex cup stabilizes the
casserole resting on top.) One thing youll find helpful for baking is a
trivet or a metal rack. If your cooker doesnt come equipped with one,
measure the cookers diameter and buy one, or use a Pyrex cup, as explained
above. In my experience, breads and cakes are more successful when they sit
a little above the floor of the slow cooker than when they sit right on it.
Source: "Clear & Simple Crockery Cooking", by Jacqueline Heriteau, Grosset
& Dunlap, NY, c1975
From the Recipe Files of: Deidre-Anne Penrod, FGGT98B on Prodigy,
J.PENROD3 on GEnie
Yield: 1 servings
Source from luhu.jp
it is cooking stews and casseroles and braising meats, for instance) a slow
cooker acts as a Dutch oven. But at other times it can be like a small real
oven or a steamer. Because it uses up so few energy-pennies a day, it is
economical to use for baking small quantities, Baking in an oven, unless
you really need lots of space, heats a large area when a smaller one would
do. If things baked in your slow cooker dont come out just right the first
time, experiment a little, and eventually youll turn out surprisingly
handsome baked goods. Test one or two recipes here in your baking equipment
~ you may want to halve some of the recipes. To do much baking in a slow
cooker, you must have one of the larger units. The low, small units cant
handle much. But it is fun to try half recipes in them, and all the other
recipes in this section can be halved and cooked in smaller units.
One of the manufacturers - notably Rival - are marketing baking units that
fit inside slow cookers. If your slow cooker isnt equipped with a baking
utensil, you can easily improvise. Study the commercial baking units
offered, and youll see they are tall so that doughs can rise high. They
are lidded to keep the steam, which forms inside the cover of the slow
cooker, from falling back into the batter or dough. Below the lid, there
are vents in the sides of the container so that steam from the cooking
batter can escape into the slow pot. A cover to keep steam from falling
into the batter and venting to let steam out of the cooking utensil are the
essential elements in baking improvisations. A two-pound coffee can is a
good substitute. Muffin tins dont fit slow cookers. However, Pyrex muffin
cups do. I make a double-decker layer of them, using Pyrex cups or a plate
to cover the bottom layer and a piece of foil to keep steam from the top
layer. About 6 Pyrex muffin cups, each 2 1/2 inches across, fit several of
the slow- cooker models on the market--making half the average recipe. (If
you have mixed up a batch of ingredients and find it doesnt fit the
intended baking equipment, cook in a mold. Custards cook beautifully in a
souffle dish or casserole. Use a 1 1/2 quart size, topped with a loosely
placed foil lid to keep condensing steam from falling into custard. Also
use a Pyrex cup as a rack on the floor of the slow-cooker; and crumpled
foil pressed over the upended bottom of the Pyrex cup stabilizes the
casserole resting on top.) One thing youll find helpful for baking is a
trivet or a metal rack. If your cooker doesnt come equipped with one,
measure the cookers diameter and buy one, or use a Pyrex cup, as explained
above. In my experience, breads and cakes are more successful when they sit
a little above the floor of the slow cooker than when they sit right on it.
Source: "Clear & Simple Crockery Cooking", by Jacqueline Heriteau, Grosset
& Dunlap, NY, c1975
From the Recipe Files of: Deidre-Anne Penrod, FGGT98B on Prodigy,
J.PENROD3 on GEnie
Yield: 1 servings
Source from luhu.jp