55 Slow-Cooker Recipes That Will Warm Up Your Fall
Set it and forget your way to Cozytown.
When fall rolls around, our stoves and ovens are positively packed with our favorite fall cookies, holiday sides, and maybe even a cheeky little warm cocktail too. Which is why we love to free up some space by breaking out our slow cookers to help us out all season long. So do yourself (and your oven) a huge favor during sweater weather season (amongst all your apple picking and pumpkin carving) by making some of these top fall comfort foods in your slow cooker instead. Best of all, if you're like us (and doing tons of fall baking), these recipes will also save you lots of time with dinner ideas you can truly set and forget so you can focus on what's most important (dessert). These 55 slow cooker recipes make all your fall cooking soooo easy—and will leave your kitchen smelling wonderful to boot!
When the temperatures dip, we're always looking for new ways to stay warm. And what better way to do that than with a steaming mug of slow-cooker mulled wine? (Well, our Crockpot red wine hot chocolate is pretty bomb.) Fall is also prime soup-making time. We're never mad about having leftovers of Crockpot butternut squash soup, Crockpot chicken enchilada soup, and slow-cooker split pea soup. Serve any of our slow-cooker soups with plenty of crusty French bread, and dinner practically makes itself!
Have too many apples from your most recent apple-picking trip? Bust out your slow-cooker for our Crockpot apple butter and Crockpot applesauce, or make these Crockpot baked apples for an impressive holiday dessert.
If you're hoping to take some of the stress out of Thanksgiving dinner, your slow-cooker is about to be your best sous chef in the kitchen. We have tons of Thanksgiving slow-cooker recipes that will help make your Turkey Day a total breeze (and make room in your oven for all those Thanksgiving pies). Try our recipes for Crockpot sweet potato casserole, Crockpot garlicky mashed potatoes, slow-cooker stuffing, and even Crockpot turkey breast to save tons of time (that you can use for that post-dinner nap).