Slow Cooker Cranberry Butter Recipes

SLOW-COOKER CRANBERRY-PEAR BUTTER RECIPE

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a 6-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW until pears and cranberries are very soft, about 4 hours. Transfer mixture, in batches, to a blender. Remove center piece of blender lid (to allow steam to escape); secure lid on blender, and place a clean towel over opening in lid to avoid splatters. Process until smooth, about 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl. After processing all cranberry mixture, return to slow cooker.
• Increase heat to HIGH, and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until mixture has thickened, 2 1⁄2 to 3 hours. Spoon mixture into 16 (4-ounce) jars, and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours. Cover with jar lids, and chill 8 hours or up to 2 weeks.

SLOW-COOKER CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Line with foil, then spray foil.
• Stir together brown sugar and butter; spread evenly in bottom of slow cooker. Top with a single even layer of cranberries.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, cranberry juice, oil and eggs on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour evenly over cranberries in slow cooker.
• Cover; cook on High heat setting about 3 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove ceramic base from slow cooker; transfer to cooling rack to cool 10 minutes.
• Using foil as handles, carefully remove cake from slow cooker. Place large serving plate upside down on top of cake; quickly and carefully turn cake onto serving plate. Remove foil.
• Serve cake warm.

SLOW COOKER CRANBERRY ROAST

Steps:

• Place onion soup mix in the bottom of a slow cooker. Place roast in the slow cooker, and top with cranberry sauce.
• Cover, and cook 8 hours on Low.
• Remove roast, and set aside. Set slow cooker to High. Whisk together butter and flour, and slowly mix into the liquid remaining in the slow cooker to create a thick gravy. Serve with the roast.

SLOW COOKER CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine orange juice, water, brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon in slow cooker; stir in cranberries. Cook on High for 3 hours, stirring once each hour.
• Remove lid; stir well. Cook on High until sauce has thickened and most cranberries have popped, about 45 more minutes.

CROCK POT CRANBERRY APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Core and chop apple; do not peel.
• Combine apples, cranberries and cranapple juice in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high for five hours.
• Puree in sieve, food mill or processor.
• Return pureed mixture to crock pot and add sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
• Cover and cook on high for 1 to 2 hours.

SLOW-COOKER TURKEY BREAST WITH CRANBERRY GRAVY

Steps:

• Place turkey in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add thyme and dot with butter. Combine cranberry sauce, cider, stock, soup mix, syrup and Worcestershire; pour over turkey. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in turkey reads at least 165°). Remove turkey and keep warm., Transfer cooking juices to a large saucepan; discard thyme sprigs. Combine the flour and water until smooth. Bring cranberry mixture to a boil; gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Slice turkey; serve with cranberry sauce.