Thursday, September 27, 2007

Slow Cooking Thursday

I don't have a slow cooker recipe today but I do have some neat information. I was reading the paper tonight & low and behold there was this article on how to convert from slow cooker to the oven and get the time conversion correct.



So I will pass this along to anyone that is interested. I realize that this is a spot for crock pot cooking but sometimes I like to use the oven for a recipe made for the crock-pot and I didn't always know just how long to bake something meant for a slow cooker. Any way this article makes it all so simple so here are some guidelines.






If the crock-pot calls for 1.5 to 2 hours on high,(4 to 6 hours on low) that is equivalent to 15 to 30 minutes in a 350 degrees oven. A crock-pot's 3 hours on high (6 to 8 hours on low) is about 35-45 minutes in the oven. And 4-5 hours on high, (8 to 13 hours on low) is equivalent to 60 minutes to 3 hours in the oven. Another good thing to know is the low setting on most crock-pots is equivalent to about 200 degrees in the oven, while the high setting is about 300. Also one hour on high is about the same as 2 to 2.5 hours on low. Granted it takes a bit of calculating but I found it interesting none the less and wanted to share with all of you.




For some real recipes go visit Sandra, at diary of a stay at home mom.



11 comments:

Mari said...

I would sometimes like to convert a recipe too. This is good info!

Anonymous said...

that is great information!! Thank you so much--have a great Thursday

Anonymous said...

Thanks,
Elizabeth

Annie said...

Thanks, good information to have!

Sandra said...

This is great Mari, thank you for all the information it helps a LOT.

Michelle said...

thanks for some great information!!!have a great day

Eleisia said...

Thanks for the helpful conversions!

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Cheri said...

Nancy,
I'm glad you posted this- this is great info to keep on hand.
Cheri

Anonymous said...

hi Nancy, thanks for the great info it really helps

Overwhelmed! said...

Thanks for sharing this info!

Miranda said...

Wow, thanks for posting this. I will definitely copy this and use it! Thanks for stopping by my site. I enjoyed browsing through yours!