Skip to main content

Couldn't Be Easier Slow Cooker Bread


Couldn't Be Easier Slow Cooker Bread

"A fluffy, moist wheat and oat bread with a crisp crust. Perfect for baking bread without an oven in the summer."
Ingredients

1 tablespoon yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup warm skim milk or 1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 whole egg
1/4 cup wheat germ
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

Grease a deep metal or glass bowl or 1 lb coffee can (we use a glass 18 cm Pyrex soufflé dish); turn slow-cooker on high to preheat.
Dissolve yeast in water; combine with milk, oats, salt, oil, honey, egg, and wheat germ.
Add flour and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
Turn dough immediately into bowl or can; cover LOOSELY with foil.
In bottom of slow-cooker, place 1/2 cup of water and a trivet or some crumpled foil.
Place can or bowl on this; cover and bake on High for 3 hours.
Note: sides of bread brown and crisp beautifully, top will slightly brown and be soft to touch.
Yield: 1 medium sized loaf of bread.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Preacher Cake

  3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, with juice 1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans or walnuts, divided 1 cup flaked coconut (optional) Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe below) Sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside. Combine sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla and mix on medium-low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Slowly mix in flour mixture until just combined. Add pineapple (undrained), 1 cup chopped pecans and coconut and continue mixing on medium-low speed until all ingredients are thoroughly combined (about 1 minute). Spray a 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray. Pour cake batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until cake is set in the center and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake completely in pan then the frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup choppe...

Chop Suey Retro 60's Style

Ingredients 1 tablespoon shortening 1 1/2 lbs pork or 1 1/2 lbs beef, cut in 1/2-inch cubes salt ...

CREAMED CHICKEN AND BISCUITS CASSEROLE

  INGREDIENTS 1 small  onion 1  1 ⁄ 2 teaspoons  butter 2 lbs chopped cooked chicken breasts or 2 lbs  boneless skinless chicken thighs 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup 1 ⁄ 2 cup  mayonnaise 1 cup  milk 1 ⁄ 2 1/2 cup sauteed  red bell peppers  or 1/2 cup jarred roasted red pepper 1  1 ⁄ 2 cups shredded  mild cheddar cheese refrigerated biscuit DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350. Grease the bottom and sides of an 11x7 inch baking dish or 10 inch quiche dish. Chop the onion. Heat butter in a small nonstick skillet and sauté until tender. Combine cooked onion, soup, chicken, milk, pimiento, and mayo in a bowl and then turn into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes and remove from oven. Sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese over the baked mixture. Arrange biscuits decoratively in a single layer and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheese over them. Return casserole to oven and bake until biscuits are golden brown and sauce is bubbly, us...