I love “the tastes of autumn” … yummy pumpkin pies and apple crisps, spicy chili’s and homemade stews, creamy hot chocolate’s and pumpkin latte’s! This weekend you may be raking leaves, carving pumpkins, going to a Harvest Festival, or enjoying a hayride. Whatever you’re doing, wouldn’t you love knowing you have a delicious pumpkin-spice latte simmering in your slow cooker, to enjoy after you’re finished?
Here is the recipe for Betty Crocker’s Pumpkin-Spice Latte that is prepared in a slow cooker!
Pumpkin-Spice Latte
Ingredients:
5 cups strong brewed coffee
4 cups milk (2% or whole)
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Garnish: whipped cream topping, cinnamon or pumpkin spice, cinnamon stick
Directions:
1) In slow cooker, mix all ingredients except whipped cream topping. Beat with whisk until well combined.
2) Cover and cook on High heat setting 2 hours, stirring once after 1 hour.
3) Serve in mugs, top with whipped cream, add a cinnamon stick and sprinkle whipped cream with cinnamon or pumpkin spice, if desired.
Autumn Drink Station with White Chocolate stirring spoons and decorative chocolates …
White Chocolate Dipped Stirring Spoons for Pumpkin-Spice Latte’s …
I love adding little “touches” that make every occasion special and memorable. These decadent treats will add a festive touch to any get-together! The chocolate spoons and candied stirrer’s look charming “gathered” and waiting in a container where your latte is simmering! They’re delicious stirred into a mug of pumpkin-spice latte or scatter the candied leaves and pumpkins on a autumn platter to nibble on!
Candied Leaves and Pumpkins …
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Instructions to make … Chocolate-coated Stirring Spoons
Supplies and ingredients needed … plastic spoons, wax paper, Wilton Melting Candy, and assorted sprinkles. Optional: cellophane candy bags, ribbon in your choice of colors. Pick colored spoons in your choice of colors. I wanted my colors to be in autumn shades, so I used orange, yellow, and lime-green plastic spoons. Pour your Wilton Melting Candy Discs into microwaveable containers. I bought my candy at Hobby Lobby on the candy making aisle and chose white chocolate colored in the same autumn colors as my spoons … orange, yellow, and lime-green. Follow the melting directions on the back of each bag of candy. After the candy has melted, stir until smooth and dip the colored spoon into the candy, coating the bowl of your spoon. Set your candy-coated spoon on wax paper with the candy side facing up. You can leave your candy plain, or sprinkle the chocolate with your choice of decorations or colored sugars. After my chocolate had hardened, I slipped a cellophane favor bag (found on the candy making aisle) over each spoon and tied a ribbon around it.
To make white chocolate autumn leaves you will need a candy mold. I bought mine at Hobby Lobby, on sale for only $2.00! The package I bought had 2 sheets of molds and made 16 leaves and 12 pumpkins. Instructions for molding candy are on the back of the package. Melt your candies according to directions on the back of the bag and spoon your candy into your mold. Note: This is not an exact process and any over-filling or spills can be trimmed away with a sharp knife, after the candy has hardened. After you have filled your molds, tap your sheet of candy gently on the counter to help the candy settle and remove any air bubbles. Place candy sheet in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes. Release hardened chocolate by inverting mold and gently tapping it on the work surface.
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The leaves with lollipop sticks were made using another candy mold sheet. These special candy mold sheets have slots to insert your sticks in, before pouring the candy into the mold.
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I hope you enjoy this last weekend in October and that you have as much fun as I did making these special treats! I’m looking forward to my cup of Pumpkin-Spice Latte! (:
From my cottage to yours ~ Trenda
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