Free Fix-It and Forget-It Pink Cookbook by Phyllis Pellman Good Page B

to regain lost steam and return to the right temperature. —Janet V. Yocum, Elizabethtown, PA

Easy Spinach Quiche
    Sue Hamilton
    Minooka, IL
    Makes 6 servings
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cooking Time: 3 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 4- to 5-qt, oval-shape
    2 pkgs. flat refrigerated pie dough
    5 eggs
    1 cup spinach dip
    4 oz. prosciutto, diced
    4 oz. pepper jack cheese, diced
Press pie crusts into cold slow cooker. Overlap seams by ¼ inch, pressing to seal. Tear off pieces to fit up the sides, pressing pieces together at seams.
Cover. Cook on High 1½ hours.
Beat eggs in a mixing bowl. Stir in spinach dip, prosciutto, and cheese. Pour into hot crust.
Cover. Cook on High 1½ hours, or until filling is set.
Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Baked Oatmeal
    Ellen Ranck
    Gap, PA
    Makes 4-6 servings
    Prep. Time: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 2½-3 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 3-qt
    1 / 3 cup oil
    Â½ cup sugar
    1 large egg, beaten
    2 cups dry quick oats
    1½ tsp. baking powder
    Â½ tsp. salt
    Â¾ cup milk
Pour the oil into the slow cooker to grease bottom and sides.
Add remaining ingredients. Mix well.
Bake on Low 2½-3 hours.

Apple Oatmeal
    Frances B. Musser
    Newmanstown, PA
    Makes 4-5 servings
    Prep. Time: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 5-6 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 2-qt
    2 cups milk
    2 Tbsp. honey
    1 Tbsp. butter (no substitute!)
    Â¼ tsp. salt
    Â½ tsp. cinnamon
    1 cup dry old-fashioned oats
    1 cup chopped apples
    Â½ cup chopped walnuts
    2 Tbsp. brown sugar
Mix together all ingredients in greased slow cooker.
Cover. Cook on Low 5-6 hours.
    Serve with milk or ice cream.
    Variation:
    Add ½ cup light or dark raisins to mixture.
    Jeanette Oberholtzer
    Manheim, PA
    Cook your favorite “Plum Pudding” recipe in a can set inside a slow cooker on a metal rack or trivet. Pour about 2 cups warms water around it. The water helps steam the pudding. Cover the can tightly with foil to keep the cake dry. Cover the cooker with its lid. Cook on High. —Eleanor J. Ferreira, North Chelmsford, MA

Breads

Healthy Whole Wheat Bread
    Esther Becker
    Gordonville, PA
    Makes 8 servings
    Prep. Time: 20 minutes
    Cooking Time: 2½-3 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 5- to 6-qt

    2 cups warm reconstituted powdered milk
    2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
    Â¼ cup honey, or brown sugar
    Â¾ tsp. salt
    1 pkg. yeast
    2½ cups whole wheat flour
    1¼ cups white flour
Mix together milk, oil, honey or brown sugar, salt, yeast, and half the flour in electric mixer bowl. Beat with mixer for 2 minutes. Add remaining flour. Mix well.
Place dough in well-greased bread or cake pan that will fit into your cooker. Cover with greased tin foil. Let stand for 5 minutes. Place in slow cooker.
Cover cooker and bake on High 2½-3 hours. Remove pan and uncover. Let stand for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Corn Bread From Scratch
    Dorothy M. Van Deest
    Memphis, TN
    Makes 6 servings
    Prep. Time: 15 minutes
    Cooking Time: 2-3 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 6-qt
    1¼ cups flour
    Â¾ cup yellow cornmeal
    Â¼ cup sugar
    4½ tsp. baking powder
    1 tsp. salt
    1 egg, slightly beaten
    1 cup milk
    1 / 3 cup melted butter, or oil
In mixing bowl sift together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center.
Pour egg, milk, and butter into well. Mix into the dry mixture until just moistened.
Pour mixture into a greased 2-quart mold. Cover with a plate. Place on a trivet or rack in the bottom of slow cooker.
Cover. Cook on High 2-3 hours.

Broccoli Corn Bread
    Winifred Ewy
    Newton, KS
    Makes 8 servings
    Prep. Time: 15 minutes
    Cooking Time: 6 hours
    Ideal slow-cooker size: 3- to 4-qt
    1 stick margarine, melted
    10-oz. pkg. chopped broccoli, cooked and drained
    1 onion, chopped
    1 box corn bread mix
    4 eggs, well beaten
    8 oz. cottage cheese
    1¼ tsp. salt
Combine all ingredients. Mix well.
Pour into greased slow cooker. Cook on Low 6 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
    Serve like spoon bread, or invert the