French Toast and Other Yummy Slow Cooker Meals

For busy families, there’s nothing like the convenience of placing ingredients for tonight’s dinner in a single pot, setting the dial, and coming home hours later from school or work to a fragrant, nutritious, easy meal that may require only a fresh salad to round it out.

Many cooks only associate slow cookers with tried-and-true stews, soups, and roasts, but how about using your slow cooker for breakfasts, or even dessert? Try these non-traditional slow cooker meals that allow you to use your favorite appliance in a whole new way, making life easier in the long run!

Steelcut Oats with Coconut Milk

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• unsalted butter
• 8 ½ cups water
• 2 cups steel-cut oats
• 1 14-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk or 1 ¾ cups whole milk
• ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon fine salt
• Nuts, dried fruit, honey or maple syrup – optional

Instructions

 

• Before bed, coat the inside of the slow cooker with butter to keep the oatmeal from sticking, then add in the oats, water, coconut or whole milk, brown sugar, and salt, enough for eight servings.
• Stir well and set the cooker to low.
• In the morning, embellish with dried fruit, nuts, chia seeds, honey or maple syrup.
• Pack them up and store in the fridge so you have ready-to-go breakfasts all week!

Keyword Creamy Coconut Milk Steel Cut Oatmeal, steelcut oats

Chocolate Cherry Crock Pot Cake

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 1 18.25-ounce pkg. chocolate cake mix
• 1 cup 1 sour cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 1 5.9-oz. package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 11.5-oz bag milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup Bing cherries, chopped and pits removed Ice cream or whipped cream – optional

Instructions

 

• Generously spray the inside of a crockpot with cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil, water, and eggs with a hand-held mixer until just combined.
• Stir in the pudding mix and chocolate chips with a spoon.
• Pour mixture into prepared crockpot.
• Sprinkle cherries over top.
• Cook on high for 4 hours. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

Keyword cherry cake, chocolate cherry crock pot cake, crock pot cake recipe

Slow Cooker Barbecue Mac ‘n Cheese

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2, 12 -ounce cans fat-free evaporated milk
• 2, 11 -ounce cans condensed cheddar soup
• 2 1/2 cups  water, plus additional if needed
• 1 teaspoon  dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon  cayenne pepper
• 4 cups  shredded cheese
• 1 pound  pasta (small, such as shells)
• 2 teaspoons  Tabasco sauce
• 1 14 -ounce  can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups  shredded barbecue-style pork, heated through
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Grease the inside of slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In a large pot, heat evaporated milk, soup, water, mustard, and cayenne pepper to a simmer.
• Add cheese and stir until melted.
• Pour in macaroni and stir to coat.
• Transfer to slow cooker.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook for 1 1/2 hours on high.
• Stir in the Tabasco sauce, pork, and beans.
• Cook for another 30 minutes until the pasta is tender.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Makes enough for a crowd—good for potluck suppers or game day!

Keyword Slow Cooker Barbecue Mac ‘n Cheese

Easy Baked Potatoes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Course Dinner, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 4  baking potatoes, scrubbed Kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 sheets aluminum foil

Instructions

 

• Dry the potatoes and prick a few times with a fork.
• Coat each one lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with the coarse salt.
• Wrap in the foil and arrange in the Crock Pot.
• Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.

Keyword baked potatoes, easy potato recipe

Apple Cinnamon Crock Pot French Toast

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 6 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extractTopping:
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 loaf crusty Italian bread, diced (can be stale or day old)
• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 apples any variety, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

Instructions

 

• Whisk together egg, milk, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread and let soak for several minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the topping by mixing the butter, brown sugar, pecans and 1 ts cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Spray the inside of the slow cooker with cooking spray and add the soaked bread.
• Top with apple slices, arranging evenly.
• Crumble the topping over the apples and bread mixture.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours or on LOW for 4.5 hours.
• Serve warm with butter and syrup, if desired. Feeds 6-8.

Keyword apple cinnamon crock pot french toast, apple french toast, classic french toast recipe

Slow Cooker Zucchini Lasagna? Yes! Try this yummy recipe!

What’s your favorite meal to make in a slow cooker? Tell us in the comments below!