Cooking with Ornery Owl: Slow Cooker Butterscotch Monkey Bread

 

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Hey Chow Hounds! I took the butterscotch monkey bread recipe from The Cookie Rookie and adapted it to the slow cooker. It made a fantastic dessert after a simple dinner of ham steak, mashed potatoes, and avocados.

You can find the original recipe here.

https://www.thecookierookie.com/butterscotch-monkey-bread-recipe-bubble-bread/

INGREDIENTS

½ cup unsalted butter 113 grams (1stick)

3.5 ounces Cook ‘n Serve Butterscotch

Pudding Mix 99 grams (1 box)

½ cup dark brown sugar 107 grams

¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon (or Penzey's pie spice)

¼ teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup chopped pecans 113 grams

24 frozen dinner rolls

Microwave the butter, butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt on 50% power until butter has melted. Whisk together until incorporated.

Pour a little sauce into the bottom of the slow cooker. If you have chopped nuts, you can sprinkle 1/2 cup of those over the sauce. I didn't have any.

4. Place half the frozen rolls evenly over the pecans leaving a little space (¼-inch) between rolls.

5. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup pecans and ½ of the butter/pudding mixture over the rolls.

6. Add the remaining frozen rolls on top of the butter/pudding mixture (cutting the rolls where needed).

7. Top evenly with the remaining butter/pudding mixture.

The original recipe calls for thawing the frozen dough in the fridge overnight. You can skip this step with the slow cooker. The bread will not become crispy on top when made in the slow cooker. This isn't a problem. It is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 200°F-205°F or an inserted toothpick comes out clean. 

Cook the monkey bread for 4 hours on low. The Instant Pot only has one heat setting. I've found it to be comparable to the low setting on other slow cookers.

Storage: Store butterscotch monkey bread in an airtight container at room

temperature for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Enjoy this tasty monkey bread with breakfast, brunch, or as a dessert. 

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

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Ornery Owl sez:

"This is a tasty treat that's worth the wait. Try it!"

Pic by Clkr Free Vector Images

Hangry Wyrm sez:

"Hands off my monkey bread or I'll cut you!"

Pic by Clker Free Vector Images

Ghost Town Grover sez:

"I'm a ghost, Hangry. That li'l ole pigsticker ain't gonna hurt me none."

Image by Open Clipart Vectors

Cactus Clem sez:

"I just wanna drink a little of the syrup, Hangry. I'm a mutant cactus man. I can't eat no solid food!"

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The Return of the Good Stuff

 

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The new and improved Good Stuff from Grover returns next month with more culinary creations and other fun things. Get ready!

Cactus Clem

Ghost Town Grover

Ornery Owl

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Was I the only kid who liked broccoli? Actually, I liked (and still like) most vegetables. However, I only like zucchini and yellow squash when they're cooked. Back in the 70s, people would put raw zucchini in salads, and I'd eat it thinking it was cucumber. Yech!

One of my New Year's resolutions is to revive this blog.

Sunday Dinner at the Grover Hotel: Creamy Chicken Tacos

 

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This Sunday, why not make your life easy and cook a meal that invites others to serve themselves? Creamy Chicken Tacos have only three ingredients and couldn't be easier to make in your crockpot or using the slow cooker function on your Instant Pot.

Here's what you will need.

4 chicken breasts

1 can of Ro-Tel

4 ounces of cream cheese

Cook the chicken and Ro-Tel for 6 hours. Use the low setting on the crockpot or the slow cook button on the Instant Pot.

Shred the chicken.

Add the cream cheese and cook for 30 minutes longer. Stir and let everyone make their hard or soft-shell tacos the way they like 'em.

Here are a few topping suggestions.

Avocado slices or cubes

Guacamole

Shredded lettuce

Diced onions

Chopped tomatoes

Salsa

Sour Cream

You can find more super-simple recipes like this one at the Living on a Dime website. Just follow the link and look in the sidebar for the free 22 Recipes in 20 Minutes e-book.

https://bit.ly/LODCIE

They also have a full-length cookbook in either e-book or print version (I have the e-book version) and lots of videos with recipe ideas and money-saving suggestions.

I retired my crockpot once I discovered how well the slow cooker function on my Instant Pot works. The outside of the Instant Pot stays cool so I trust it to sit on my countertop. I always put the crockpot on the stovetop because the outside got so hot. The Instant Pot replaces so many gadgets including an electric steamer and rice cooker. I even retired my Dutch oven because the food cooks more evenly in the Instant Pot. 

Get the Instant Pot delivered to your door with Amazon.

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Currently selling for $78.99

List price $89.99

Happy Cooking!

Ornery Owl

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Come cook with Ornery Owl on the official Good Stuff from Grover blog

https://bit.ly/GoodGrover

Or on Ornery’s Odysee channel.

https://bit.ly/ornerycooking

Don't forget to enter the monthly drawing to Win Free Vanilla plus approximately $100 worth of great spices and extracts from Watkins. Contest open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. No purchase is necessary and you will not be contacted without your permission.

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Ornery Owl's Saturday Night Special: Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

 

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Who in the world wants to spend Saturday night slaving over a stove? Not this owl! With your trusty Instant Pot Duo (or a skillet and a crockpot) you can instead spend about a half-hour of prep time midday and have a thick, savory soup ready six hours later with minimal effort.

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 Once I learned how well the Instant Pot Duo works as a slow cooker, I retired my crockpot. And since the Instant Pot Duo also has a built-in sauté function, I don’t need to dirty a separate skillet to brown the meat.

The following recipe yields 2-4 servings. It will serve two moderately hungry adults and two children or two very hungry adults. It is easy to multiply the recipe.

Begin by turning on the sauté function on your Instant Pot Duo or heat a skillet on medium-high. Either way, you will melt 1 ½ tablespoons of butter.

When the butter is hot, add 2-3 strips of bacon or a small handful of bacon ends and pieces. I received a big pack of bacon ends and pieces from the food bank. I portioned this into Ziploc bags, approximately a small handful of bacon to a bag. Bacon ends and pieces work nicely for flavoring soups and stews.

Cook the bacon for 5 minutes. With the Instant Pot, you’ll want to stir frequently to avoid burning. After 5 minutes, add onion. I used half of a small onion, chopped.

Fry the onion and the bacon for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

Add one pound of ground beef. I seasoned the beef with a generous sprinkle of The Blend and approximately a tablespoonful of Montreal seasoning. I didn’t measure it, so this is a guess.

Cook the beef until browned, stirring frequently.

Turn off the sauté function on the Instant Pot or remove the skillet from the heat and pour the beef mixture into your crockpot. Add one cup of chicken broth. I like to use Kirkland chicken stock from Costco, which is inexpensive. You can use any brand you like. You can also use bullion in a cup of water.

Do NOT buy Kirkland chicken stock from Amazon or you'll pay about three times what you would in the store. If you want to buy chicken stock from Amazon, the Kitchen Basics brand is comparable to the grocery store price at $3.24 for 32 ounces. https://amzn.to/3loe2wH

Set your Instant Pot to the slow cook function or your crockpot to low. Cook this mixture for 5 hours.

After 5 hours, stir in ½ cup of heavy cream, 1 cup of shredded cheese, 4 ounces of cream cheese, and your choice of 1 cup of cooked rice, 1 cup of riced cauliflower, or 2 small, cubed potatoes. Cook for 1 more hour until the cheese is melted.

I had some leftover spicy Asian pork and rice and I stirred this into the soup.

I do not expect leftovers with this soup. It is delicious!

  The Blend is made by Kinder's. This mix has just three ingredients: black pepper, sea salt, and garlic powder. You could certainly make your own. 

I like to stock up on The Blend from Costco when it's on sale because it's very inexpensive. You can also purchase two 10.5-ounce bottles from Amazon, currently priced at $18.94. https://amzn.to/3fjz37M

You can purchase an 11.62-ounce jar of Montreal seasoning from Amazon for $6.12 through the following link. https://amzn.to/3rJGLNV Alternatively, you can opt for a subscription at $5.20 for the same size jar, you choose the delivery frequency.

I adapted this recipe from the Cheesy Bacon Cheeseburger Soup recipe from http://www.lazydaycookingclub.com

 I pay a small monthly fee for membership to the Lazy Day Cooking Club. As a member of the Lazy Day Cooking Club, not only do you receive easy and delicious recipes, but they come with a built-in serving calculator and shopping list generator. I save money and have less food going to waste with the Lazy Day Cooking Club.

I am not an affiliate of the Lazy Day Cooking Club, and I don’t receive any sort of compensation for telling you about them. I just think that it is an awesome program that my readers might like.

Happy Cooking!

Ornery Owl

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Come cook with Ornery Owl on the official Good Stuff from Grover blog

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Or on Ornery’s Odysee channel.

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Don't forget to enter the monthly drawing to Win Free Vanilla plus approximately $100 worth of great spices and extracts from Watkins. Contest open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. No purchase is necessary and you will not be contacted without your permission.

https://bit.ly/winfreevanilla

The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)

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Turkey Trouble: A Silly Senryu

  

Sun tea is good. I'm not so sure about sun turkey.

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I must laugh out loud

recalling raw roast turkey

I know better now

~ornery owl~

notes

After yesterday's heavy load, I decided to go light-hearted. 2019 was the first year that I tried to roast a whole turkey. The slow-roasting procedure that I used did not work out marvelously and the turkey was still raw at the bone even after 18 hours in the oven. Since then, I have purchased an idiot-proof countertop roaster, which works beautifully.

If you'd like more information on the roaster I bought and why I like love it, read the following post.

https://www.goodstufffromgrover.com/2021/05/sunday-dinner-at-grover-hotel-make-your.html

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://thesaxophoneplayerswife.com/

Prompt: Laugh out loud

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/11/friday-writings-2-always-learning.html

Prompt: Discuss something you have learned

Haiku My Heart

http://corazon.typepad.com

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-12

Prompt: Write a "raw" poem

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Sunday Dinner at the Grover Hotel: The Culinary Misadventures of a Half-Assed Chef

  

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she took Billy Lynn's long walk to her kitchen

she resolved to prepare cuisine worthy of excitement

she committed herself to following the motivating recipe as closely as possible

her home smelled of rosy red petunias and pretty pickled peanuts

her appetite was insatiable

she took Billy Lynn's long walk to her kitchen

the dessert she made began with bent bristles and blended bananas 

she ignored the knitting neighbors and nagging noises

she resolved to prepare cuisine worthy of excitement

sometimes during past cooking adventures, she had improvised too much

now she realized the mistake she had made

she committed herself to following the motivating recipe as closely as possible

~ornery owl~

110 words

Note: This post originally appeared on my poetry blog.

https://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-pad-challenge-2021-great.html

prompts used to prepare this preposterous poem

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/11/friday-writings-1-i-write-with-my-food.html

Prompt: Write about food

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https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-6

Write a poem about a location.

In this poem, the location of focus is the kitchen.

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2021/10/octpowrimo-2021-begins.html

Prompt: Write a poem about anticipation. Use the cascade form.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-cascade-poem

http://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com

This poem was inspired by a minor culinary disaster. Last night I made tapioca pudding in the slow cooker. My son took some upstairs to his room and came down a few minutes later to tell me the pudding had no flavor. Upon tasting it, I realized that I had forgotten to add sugar. I saved it for tonight and will blend it with some boxed vanilla pudding. 

Here is the recipe I used, in case you are interested. Don't forget the sugar!

4 cups milk

⅔ cup white sugar

½ cup small pearl tapioca

2 eggs, lightly beaten

Stir together the milk, sugar, tapioca, and eggs in a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on medium for 3 hours, or on Low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Serve warm.

I also added 1/4 cup of butter for flavor, but that is optional. I had a bit of leftover rice from dinner which I threw in as well.

I didn't have any small pearl tapioca, so I used the large pearl variety. Small pearl tapioca does not have to be soaked. Large pearl does. Oddly enough, tapioca is hard to come by in my area. I haven't had much luck finding it online either.

Here is the recipe source.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/130923/slow-cooker-tapioca-pudding/

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