Last week I made an apple-cherry crisp in my West Bend Slow Cooker-yummy. These crisps bake up really well in this appliance
The West Bend has always been my preferred slow cooker. Been using this brand of slow cooker for at least 30 years or more. They have just upgraded these too recently. I like the shape of it-will fit a nice roast or whole chicken and it has heat settings from one to five. The market interchanges the name slow cooker with crock pots. Crock pots have only two settings hot or low, and they usually have a ceramic insert. I have never cared for the crock pots much.
I bought one when we still had deer camp so I could have chili going all the time on low and would also free up my West Bend. I should try to sell that now.
I have been browsing Pinterest and online for baking recipes using slow cookers (since my oven broke awhile back) When they show the photos they are calling for a slow cooker but are using a crock pot with the ceramic insert instead-with only the two heat settings.
I wanted to experiment today with chocolate chip cookie bars-using keto sweeteners and gluten free Bob's Red Mill flour. When I read the comments most everyone said their cookies were burnt on the bottom and on the edges and not done in the middle. So I found the rack that fits into my West Bend that I lined with parchment paper. Then I found a bread pan that just fits inside on top of the rack-that I oiled a bit along with a piece of parchment paper on the bottom.
When I am baking outdoors in a dutch oven I always do the same-parchment paper than a trivet and then the pan on top-to keep the bottom from burning. So I am applying the same idea with my slow cooker.
I just set it up and will check on it every hour. The time of baking seems to be all over the place, and I set this on 4 1/2 instead of all the way up to the 5. Thinking will take a couple hours.
I decided to only use half of the cookie dough-for better baking-hopefully
Stay Tuned for the results-I am hoping this works.
7:15 pm
We have good results-and was surprised the parchment paper on the bottom under the rack did not brown at all
This took about 2 1/2 hours to bake.
This first photo is at the hour mark