Hazel's Crockpot Thursdays

**Hazel would love to hear from you if/when you try the recipes to see what you think about them...coming out into the real world is making Hazel a little nervous...and she's afraid that we are so desperate to be eating anything that I didn't make that we have been telling her lies all these years...grin....

As promised, Hazel has decided to share her famous recipe for Crockpot Cobbler...This recipe is a favorite and much requested recipe. My Mother-in-Law still thinks this is a difficult recipe and I've bribed Hazel not to tell her any different. There's chocolate in it for you if you keep the secret also...grin...

When Hazel first told me about this recipe, I thought she was nuts and there was no way this was going to taste like an old-fashioned homemade cobbler...but my MIL (and extended family) still thinks it is...

Do you remember this commercial: Rice Krispies Squares ?

That is what I want you to do when you make the recipe below...make it look like it took so much time and energy...(I always loved that commercial...grin)

Are you ready? Come close and make sure no one is looking over your shoulder...


Crockpot Cobbler

1 can of buttermilk or plain pop biscuits (the cheaper ones do just as well) - pop biscuits are the ones you peel the wrapping and hit the container against the counter to open

1 can of peach or apple pie filling

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (when Hazel isn't looking I sprinkle on more cinnamon, so this amount is really up to you)

1/2 cup butter

Bake the biscuits per the instructions on the can. Let them cool. Tear the biscuits into chunks and put half of the biscuit chunks on the bottom of crockpot. Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter in small bowl. Sprinkle 1/3 of this mixture over the biscuits. Spoon half the pie filling over the brown sugar mixture. Then repeat with the biscuits, 1/3 brown sugar mixture and then the pie filling...finish with the final 1/3 brown sugar mix. Cook for 2 hours on high...My FIL spoons his into a bowl and pours a little milk over it, but this is optional...

Hazel doubles this mixture when we are going for brunch at MIL's house for the holidays. She also makes the biscuits the night before and tears them into chunks. She keeps them in an air tight bowl and uses them in the morning...

Hubs and I like to have this as a dessert in the evening. Served with vanilla ice cream. Hazel serves dinner and then starts this dessert...by the time dinner has settled, this is ready...

Next week, Hazel is planning another great crockpot recipe using chicken......Hugs...


CROCKPOT TIP #1:

Coverting a regular (not crockpot) recipe into a crockpot recipe:

Time Guides:

If regular recipe says:
15 to 30 minutes cooking time (crockpot time low 4-6 hours or high 1 1/2 - 2 hours)
35-45 minutes cooking time (crockpot time low 6-10 hours or high 3-4 hours)
50 minutes - 3 hours (crockpot time low 8-18 hours or high 4-6 hours)

• Reduce your liquid by almost half
• Add dairy products in the last half hour of cooking.
• Pasta and seafood need to be added in last hour (I usually go ahead and make my pasta per directions and then add to the crockpot just before serving)