Slow Cooker Recipes for Fall

Make these tasty fall slow cooker recipes using your favorite fall fruits and vegetables.

Fall is the time for hearty, warm meals—what better way to cook in the fall than using your slow cooker? Simmer these fall-ingredient (think pumpkins, apples, and squash) slow cooker recipes in your pot, and you’ll feel warm into the winter. Apple Crumble Crock Pot Recipe Ingredients: 4-5 cooking apples, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup flour  3/4 cup rolled oats 1 teas ground nutmeg 1 teas ground cinnamon 4 T butter, softened Directions: Lightly butter the crockpot and lay the apple slices at the bottom of the crock. Combine the sugar, flour, rolled oats, nutmeg and cinnamon, and cut in the butter. Sprinkle the topping over the base of apples. Cook on low or auto for 3-5 hours. Slow Cooker Squash Stew: …

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Where to Find the Perfect Pumpkin in Howard County

Local farms are open this month for residents to go pumpkin picking.

Where to Find the Perfect Pumpkin in Howard County

Local farms are open this month for residents to go pumpkin picking.

  Whether you're going to carve it, eat it or smash it, a pumpkin is the quintessential symbol of Halloween and traveling to a local farm to find that perfect pumpkin is a time-honored fall tradition. It involves family and the uniquely fall experience of yellowing fields dotted with bright orange pumpkins. In Howard County, you don't have to go far to find a number of local farms that have created hayrides, corn mazes and activities around finding the perfect pumpkin. Here's where you can go pumpkin-picking in Howard County: Clark’s Elioak Farm – The farm is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to handle your pumpkin picking needs. In addition, you can enjoy the petting farm and the Enchanted Forest attractions while you’re at it…

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