One of my favorite things to watch is Hunter play and interact with his daddy. He sure loves him. One more recent thing that just makes my heart smile is seeing this.
Jacob will sit down on the ground with a book, and Hunter walks on over and sits down right next to him or on his lap. He’s snuggled up close soaking in the book, and just being super sweet with his daddy.
Love these two.
When Jacob gets home from work, he tries to get as much play time in with Hunter. This usually frees me up to get dinner started or just have some Heather time. But on those days I plan ahead and start dinner in the crockpot I don’t have to be in the kitchen, I can sit on the couch right next to them and just watch.
While today’s recipe isn’t a crockpot dinner recipe, it is made in the crockpot, but for an after dinner treat of berry cobbler!
I’m not going to lie, pictures of the cobbler cooking in the crockpot are not flattering to this dish. I’ll show you. Once it is done:
Once you have taken most of the cobbler out:
Good thing I’m basing this recipe on taste, not looks! It was delicious, especially serves over nice cold vanilla ice cream.
I got to thinking about why you would use a crockpot for this recipe. The prep time takes just as long as oven made cobbler and it takes longer to cook. Well, it was a hot day when I made it, and not having to turn the oven on was glorious. Summertime dessert making in the crockpot is the way to go.
Crockpot Berry Cobbler
adapted from here
Ingredients
- 1-¼ cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 tablespoons plus ½ cup natural cane sugar, divided
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- 2.5 cups fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed (or any berry)
- 1.5 cups fresh or frozen blackberries, thawed (or any berry
- Vanilla ice cream, optional
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Combine the egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thick). Spread batter evenly into a 5-qt. slow cooker coated with oil.
- In a large bowl, combine the salt and remaining flour and sugar; add berries and toss to coat. Spread over batter.
- Cover and cook on high for 2 to 2-½ hours or until a toothpick inserted into cobbler comes out clean. Serve with ice cream if desired.
I may have skipped ahead in my 50 crockpot recipe list to share, but I’ll get back on track with the next one! This one was pretty tasty and I just had to share. 🙂
Have you ever cooked dessert in a crockpot? If so, what did you make? Do you love watching a dad with his kiddo?
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Heather
3 comments
mmmmmmmm! One of my most favorite desserts. I love reading with Kay. Peanuts seem to be book addicts! Those pictures are adorable
Sounds like a winner to me! Cobbler is one of my favorite desserts, especially blackberry or blueberry. Yum!
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