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Crock-Pot Beef Stew with Dumplings {Recipe}

For those who love beef stew and love to use their crock-pot, this is the recipe for you!

Stew Ingredients

2lbs stew meat cut into 1 inch pieces
4 carrots sliced
2 ribs celery sliced
2 onions sliced
8 sliced mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup beef broth
14.5 ounce can dinced tomatoes with juice
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup water

Dumpling Ingredients

1.5 cups of Bisquick
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

Stew Directions

Combine the beef, celery, carrots, onions, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, mustard, mushrooms, and beef broth in your crock-pot.

Cook and cover on low heat for 8 to 10 hours or on high heat for 4 to hours.

Once vegetables and beef are tender combine the water and flour and stir slowly into the stew. Cover and heat for 10 minutes and prepare dumpling mixture.

Dumpling Directions

Combine the Bisquick, thyme, sage and garlic salt and stir in the milk until the mixture is moist.

Once the mixture is ready, drop spoonfuls of the dough on top of the beef stew, cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, serve and enjoy!

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Crock-Pot Cheesy Potato Bacon Soup #Recipe

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We broke out the the crock-pot today and whipped up this delicious number, Crock-Pot Cheesy Potato Bacon Soup!

Ingredients

3lbs Salad Red Potatoes cut into 1 inch cubes
1 medium onion diced
2 cloves minced garlic
38 oz chicken broth
8 oz cream cheese (I recommend Philadelphia Original Cooking Cream)
1/2 tbsp salt

We broke out the the crock-pot today and whipped up this delicious number, Crock-Pot Cheesy Potato Bacon Soup!

1/2 table spoon pepper
8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese or cheddar cheese blend
1 – 2.8 ounce package real bacon pieces

Directions

Combine diced potatos, onion, garlic and broth in crock-pot and cook on low 8 hours or on high for 5 hours.
Once the time is up, add cream cheese, salt, pepper, and half the package of bacon pieces. Stir until cream cheese is well blended. (You can also use an immersion blender to help blend). Continue to cook for 15 minutes and add 2 cups of cheese, mix well and cook for additional 10 minutes or until cheese is nice and melted.

Serve in bowl or bread bowl as we did and top with cheese, bacon, green onions and even sour cream if you like!

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Homemade Bread Bowls #Recipe

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Ingredients

2 packages of active dry yeast
3 cups warm water
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
7 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 table spoon water

Directions

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 3 cups warm water. Let it stand for 10 minutes or until creamy.

Add salt, oil and 4 cups of flour to the yeast mixture and beat well. (We used our Kitchen Aid mixer for this). Stir in the remaining flour 1/2 a cup at a time while beating. (We used the mixer at medium speed with a dough hook.)

When the dough has all pulled together dump it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it until smooth (add a little water here and there if needed).

Once the dough is smooth, lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in a bowl, turn it and coat it will oil.

Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place it in a warm place and let it rise until doubled in volume. (We were in a hurry so we turned the oven on and set the bowl on top of the stove to get it to rise in 30 minutes).

Punch the dough down (this was Zack’s favorite part!) and divide it into 8 equal portions. Shape each in a 3-4 inch round loaf. Place loaves on lightly greased baking sheets, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume. (Again, we cheated by setting them on top of the stove and they doubled in size in about 15 minutes).

Preheat over to 400*.

In a small bowl, beat together 1 egg and 1 tablesppon water and lightly brush the loaves with half of the egg wash.

Bake in oven at 400* for 15 minutes. Brush remaining egg waash on loaves and bake 10-15 more minutes or until a golden brown

Let cool.

To make a bowl, cut out center of bowl and remove the guts (save them to dip in your soup!) Fill bread bowls with your soup or choice and serve immediately.

These bread bowls were made by 14 year-old Zack.

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Crock Pot French Onion Soup #Recipe

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Ingredients

3 large onions, sliced in rings and then cut in half
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 cans beef broth (14.5 oz)
1 loaf French bread
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Shredded parmasan cheese

Directions

Add sliced onions and butter to the crock pot and cook on high for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes add the flour, sugar, pepper and Worcestershire sauce followed by all 4 cans of beef broth. Cook on High for 5-6 hours or Low 9-10 hours or until onions are very tender.

Once your soup is ready, slice the French bread into 1″ thick slices. Fill your bowl or soup crock with soup and place a piece of bread on top, add desired amount of mozzarella and parmasean cheeses and bake in oven at 325* until cheese is melted and golden brown or Broil on Low for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Easy Crock Pot Chili #Recipe

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All of my kids are crazy about chili and I have been looking for a quick and easy way to whip up a batch instead of having a pot on the stove boiling and simmering all day until it was ready to eat. I finally decided I would try making chili in the crock pot and I will never make it any other way again.

Now I know a lot of people don’t put noodles in chili, but I do because it soaks up the juice and there is less mess when feeding little ones!

Ingredients

2 lbs lean ground beef
1.5 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 cans (15oz each) diced tomatoes — DO NOT DRAIN
2 cans (15oz each) kidney beans drained
1 medium onion chopped
Elbow Macaroni (optional)

Directions

Brown hamburger in a pan along with onions, 2 teaspoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon ground cumin. Once browned, drain and combine hamburger and remaining ingredients (including 1 teaspoon chili powder and 1 teaspoon ground cumin) in crock pot. Once everything is in the crock pot give it a stir and cook on low for 7-8 hours.

Enjoy!