Baking in a slow cooker can be anything: from homemade quick bread to cottage cheese dessert. In a closed bowl, according to a special program, capricious biscuits and simple pies, crispy and airy buns and muffins with all kinds of fillings are obtained. Even the simplest multicooker will greatly simplify the baking process.
Homemade bread in a slow cooker: a simple recipe
You will need:
- premium flour - 350 g;
- purified water - 200 ml;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml;
- dry yeast - 10 g;
- sugar - 10 g;
- salt - 5 g.
Step by step cooking
Combine all dry dough ingredients in a deep enamel bowl. Add warm water and vegetable oil to the dry mixture. Knead a soft dough, place in an oiled bowl, cover with a clean kitchen towel and let sit for half an hour.
After the time has passed, knead the dough and transfer to the oiled multicooker bowl. Set the baking program “Baking” on the appliance and set the duration to 1 hour.
After the multicooker beeps, open the lid and turn the bread over using the steam basket. Then close the lid and continue baking for another 20 minutes.
Cupcake with nuts and dried fruits in a slow cooker
You will need:
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 1/3 cup flour
- 50 g butter;
- 1/2 teaspoon of soda and salt;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- dried fruits and nuts according to your taste.
Cooking process step by step
Break eggs into a deep bowl, add sugar. Beat everything with a mixer into a foam and gradually add flour, salt and soda. After 2 minutes, add melted butter, presoaked and chopped dried fruits and crushed nuts into the dough.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and pour the resulting mass into a greased multicooker bowl. Set the baking program on the appliance and set the time to 65 minutes.
After the end of the cooking process, turn off the multicooker and leave the muffin with nuts and dried fruits in the multicooker until it cools. If removed and cut hot, the baked goods will crumble. Serve dessert with regular tea.
Banana cake with milk in a slow cooker
You will need:
- premium flour - 400 g;
- milk of maximum fat content - 80 ml;
- banana - 200 g;
- sugar - 240 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- baking powder bag;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- vanillin - optional;
- salt - a pinch.
Step-by-step cooking process
Pour flour, baking powder, vanillin and salt into a deep container, mix. Put bananas cut into small pieces, sugar and vegetable oil in another cup, stir.
Add eggs and milk to a bowl of banana mixture. Stir and add the mixed bulk components to the liquid mixture. Using a mixer with dough attachments, achieve complete homogeneity of the mass. After that, pour everything into the prepared and oiled multicooker bowl.
Set the Baking program on the appliance for 1 hour. At the end of the program, remove the banana cake from the bowl and let it rest for about half an hour. Garnish with berries if desired when serving.
Poured mushroom pie in a slow cooker
You will need:
- porcini mushrooms - 300 g;
- flour - 200 g;
- kefir - 200 ml;
- cheese (processed or soft) - 90 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- onions - 130 g;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- sugar - 5 g;
- baking powder - 10 g;
- salt - a pinch.
Step-by-step cooking at home
Prepare the onion, mushroom and cheese filling. In a skillet in vegetable oil, save the salted onion cubes until soft, add the chopped mushrooms to them and add the cheese to the end. It is important that the cheese turns out to be a natural product, otherwise it will not disperse in the pan.
Break eggs into a deep container, add kefir, salt and sugar. Beat everything with a mixer and gradually add flour and baking powder into the mass. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices and salt.
Pour half of the dough into the multicooker bowl and place the potato mugs on top of it. Top with the cheese and mushroom filling and fill it with the remaining dough. Set the baking program in the multicooker for 1 hour.
Curd dessert in a slow cooker: an easy recipe
You will need:
- cottage cheese - 500 g;
- flour - 200 g;
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs.;
- sugar - 240 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- baking powder - 10 g;
- vanillin to taste.
Beat 3 eggs with sugar using a mixer until frothy, add melted butter. Pour flour, baking powder, vanillin into the mass and knead to a homogeneous dough. Prepare the filling. To do this, mix the cottage cheese with the remaining 2 eggs and a small amount of sugar, thoroughly grind everything into a homogeneous mass.
Spread a thin layer of about half the dough over the bottom of the oiled multicooker bowl. Put the curd filling on it and cover with the rest of the dough on top. Bake the curd dessert in the multicooker for 80 minutes, setting the Baking program on the appliance.
Delicious shortcrust cake with jam in a slow cooker
You will need:
- flour - 400 g;
- butter - 150 g;
- jam or jam - 300 g;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - 150 g;
- baking powder - 10 g;
- cinnamon - 5 g.
Dessert preparation method
Melt the butter, cool slightly and beat in the raw eggs. Pour granulated sugar and cinnamon into the mixture and stir. In a deep bowl, mix flour with baking powder and gradually add a liquid oil mass to them.
When the dough does not turn well with a spoon, transfer it to the table and knead further with your hands. After obtaining an elastic structure, divide the volume into two parts, one of which should be larger. Refrigerate both pieces of dough for 30 minutes.
On the oiled bottom of the multicooker bowl, distribute that ball of dough, which is larger, and form sides with a height of 2-3 cm. Pour jam or jam on it. Sprinkle the filling on top with shavings from the second ball of dough. Place the lid on the multicooker and run the baking program for 70 minutes.
Chocolate cake with condensed milk in a slow cooker
You will need:
- flour - 150 g;
- condensed milk - 1 can;
- chocolate - 50 g;
- granulated sugar - 100 g;
- milk - 80 ml;
- cocoa - 60 g;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- butter - 70 g;
- baking powder - 10 g;
- chocolate for decoration.
Cooking process in stages
Chocolate should be chosen from dark varieties, they contain more cocoa, which means that you will get exactly chocolate, and not just a sweet dessert.
Mix all loose components in a deep container. In a metal bowl, melt the butter and chocolate chips, and when they have cooled slightly, add eggs and milk to them. Beat the liquid components thoroughly with a mixer and gradually add them to the flour mixture.
Achieve a uniform dough structure. Then pour it into the oiled multicooker bowl. Bake the cake for 50 minutes using the Bake program on the appliance.
Remove the finished biscuit from the bowl and divide into equal cakes depending on the height obtained. The thinner you can get the layers, the softer the dessert will come out. Spread each of the cakes with condensed milk and leave the chocolate cake to soak for about 6 hours. Decorate the top cake with an interesting pattern using grated chocolate.
Quick pies with cabbage in a slow cooker
Puff pastry baking turns out to be airy, and due to the fact that there is an opportunity to purchase ready-made dough, there is much less work with it.
You will need:
- yeast puff pastry - 1 pack;
- cabbage - 300 g;
- tomato paste - 50 ml;
- onions - 100 g;
- carrots - 100 g;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Prepare the filling. Finely chop cabbage and onions, grate carrots, stew vegetables in a saucepan with salt, spices and tomato paste. Divide the puff pastry in half and roll out slightly.
Place the filling in the middle of each piece and form an envelope. Arrange the envelopes in one layer along the bottom of the multicooker bowl and bake under the closed lid in the "Bake" mode for 5 minutes on each side.
