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Guys, You Can Make Dessert in Your Crock-Pot

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You already know your slow cooker is good for stews, chilis and even chicken wings. But turns out, it’s also the ultimate appliance for cooking dessert. Here: 11 sweet recipes to get you started.

Pumpkin Pie

A pie is a pie even if it’s served in a bowl. Just pour your ingredients into the slow cooker and top with butter and Bisquick. In six to seven hours, you’ll have what basically amounts to deconstructed pumpkin pie perfection.

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Gooey Chocolate Cake

Basically all you do here is dump a bunch of ingredients into the slow cooker and let them sit for four hours. Idiot-proof!

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Apple Crisp

Put all those apples you picked to good use.

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Berry Cobbler

Same idea. Just with berries.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

Arrange the ingredients for this autumn-inspired dessert in a glass, oven-safe loaf pan. Then place the whole thing in the Crock-Pot and pour water around the outside of the pan. Two to three hours later, you’ve got yourself a cheesecake.

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Cinnamon Monkey Bread

Kneed ingredients into little dough balls, place them in your slow cooker and walk away for two hours.

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Bread Pudding With Salted Caramel Sauce

Six ingredients. Start baking.

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Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Cake gets made in the Crock-Pot. Frosting goes on after. Easy peasy.

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Slow Cooker Baked Apples

All you need to do is core and stuff the apples…your slow cooker will handle the rest.

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Chocolate Bread Pudding With Cranberries

This one-pot bread pudding is the perfect mix of sweet and savory.

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Blueberry Coconut Cobbler

Finally, a make-ahead recipe that’s also packed with oats, so you can call it breakfast, too.

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