Goomba wrote:

> I'll be traveling to North Carolina for dinner tomorrow. Dinner with the
> brother's family and two exchange students (Thailand and Egypt) and I've
> volunteered to do all the sides.
> My brother has requested my mother's creamed onions. No problem-stove
> top! I can even brown 'em up in a shallow dish in the oven as the turkey
> rests. But my SIL has already informed me oven time is at a premium so
> I'd like to avoid that problem. I'm planning on more veggies, as well as
> a baked apple-cranberry casserole my own family has been enjoying for 20
> years.
> My question is- this is normally baked in the oven. Do you think I'll
> get a decent outcome if I slap it in a crockpot instead? I rarely use my
> crock pot so don't know if the apples will get nice and concentrated in
> there as they do in the oven? I don't want them to be excessively juicy
> or wet as I know meats sometimes can do in the crock pot sans
> evaporation from an open dish. How long do you think I need to plan for
> if the crock pot is a alternative?


Howzabout doing it ahead and simply putting it in the microwave to warm up
if that's an option...or even doing it ahead and putting it into the
crockpot to warm? I'm just thinkin' out loud here...you are in ATL,
right...???


> Here is the recipe-
> * Exported from MasterCook *
>
> Cran-Apple Casserole
>
> Recipe By :Festive Feasting Virginia Style; Va. Dept. of Agriculture
> Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:15
> Categories : Fruit
>
> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> 3 cups chopped apples
> 2 cups fresh cranberries
> 1/2 cup oats
> 2 cups sugar -- *see note
> 1/2 cup brown sugar
> 1/2 cup chopped pecans
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
> 3 tablespoons butter
>
> * I prefer to use 2 T. flour and 1 cup of sugar
>
> Mix and place fruit in a 3 quart buttered casserole. Combine dry
> ingredients and pat on top. Dot with butter. Cover and bake for 45
> minutes at 325 degrees.


I don't know how "brown" this would get in a crockpot (if that is yer
goal?), that fruit might exude a lot of liquid...any possibilities of using,
say, dried cranberries...???

It's a great recipe and I'll be making this for xmas, so thanks. It would
taste good either baked or in the crock, but I don't know about the liquid
and baked texture thangs...


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Best
Greg