Crock Pot Apple Butter

Apple Butter is so easy to make, why not make up a batch in your crock pot this fall? Store your apple butter in the refrigerator, or freeze in air-tight plastic containers (leave about 1/4 inch of space between apple butter and top of container).

You will need:

3 quarts apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 cups of sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Place your apples in a 5-quart crock pot.

With heat set to high, let apples cook overnight.

The following morning, add sugar, ground cinnamon and ground cloves.

Turn the heat to low setting and allow to cook for 8 to 12 hours.

Ready! Eat!

Crock Pot Chicken and Swiss

My crock pot is one of my best friends. I love that I can throw all my ingredients into it, forget about it, and return home later to the aroma of a delicious dinner waiting for me. And, I've only dirtied ONE dish!

Here's a great comfort food chicken dish -

Ingredients:

3 large chicken breasts

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup chicken broth

1 cup swiss cheese, shredded

1 cup baby carrots

salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken breasts in crock pot. In a bowl, mix together remaining ingredients; pour mixture over chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches With Coke

In the morning, put pork tenderloin, a can of Coke and a bottle of your favorite BBQ bottled sauce into the crock pot. Tonight - enjoy delicious pulled pork sandwiches! Got the time to make a BBQ sauce better than bottled? Try my BBQ sauce - warm and combine all the following ingredients - you will use the can of Coke regardless if using homemade BBQ sauce or bottled.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup ketchup
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon meat tenderizer
1 tablespoon seasoned salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup bottled steak sauce

Directions:
In a saucepan, add all ingredients; cook over medium heat, stirring until sauce is well combined and warmed thoroughly.
Place pork tenderloin in crock pot.
Pour Coke and BBQ sauce over pork tenderloin.
Cover and allow to cook in crock pot for 8 hours.
Shred the meat, which will be easy to do after cooking all day.
Put the shredded pork into sandwich rolls and serve.