Homemade Bread Recipe In Slow Cooker

We all know that trips to the supermarket have become even less enjoyable – and possible – recently. Many items are missing from the shelves; making everything all that little bit harder.

If you’re struggling to get hold of bread at the moment, did you ever think of making it yourself? Admittedly, the idea of making bread from scratch can seem a little daunting, but not if you make it in your slow cooker! 

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Our top-scoring slow cooker is a simple but classic model that can feed up to six people thanks to its removable (and dishwasher-safe!) 4.7-litre ceramic pot. Our testers also rated its integrated timer that will automatically switch settings so that your food stays warm even after the cooking is done. 

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On test, the curries, soups and stews were *chefs kiss*. All three scored highly and the meat and veg were cooked just so. The only mark against its name is the lack of auto cook function, but if that’s not a feature you’re after, this will serve you well. 

This multi-cooker isn’t cheap, but if you want to treat yourself, then it shouldn’t disappoint; it moonlights as everything from an airfryer to a dehydrator to a breadmaker. The slow cooking was as good as a dedicated model, too. 

In testing, it retained an exceptional 99.27% of our dishes moisture, with even and tasty results – just make sure any meat is fully submerged as we did find that the odd bit of beef became dry where it wasn’t covered in sauce.

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It’s intuitive to use, comes with a recipe book filled with interesting inspo and stayed cool during cooking. It’s not lean – although arguably you’re saving kitchen space having multiple bits of kit in one – but if you have room in your cupboard, it’s a mean cooking machine.  

Whether you use the chalkboard exterior of this slow cooker as a menu, or invite your pals to decorate it, this slow cooker is certain to bring some fun to any get-together. The 3.5-litre pot fits plenty of food in and whipped up a particularly decent chicken curry on test.

Our testers found that the lid did shake when our cooking got a-bubbling, and water collected a tad in the rim, but the stylish matte black finish would look chic on any countertop. Overall, it makes for a reliable sous-chef.

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If you mainly cook for yourself or one other, firstly a slow cooker is the perfect way to whip up delicious meals without feeling like you’ve spent hours cooking only for the food to vanish in an instant, and second, this budget slow cooker is the one to go for.

The rich beef gravy and scrumptiously thick soup were particular standouts on test and the 1.5-litre design will tuck away nicely in most kitchens. It doesn’t have an indicator light and it did spit from time to time when we opened the lid, but we’d say the very appealing price point negates these niggles.

Into your cooking with this multi-cooker that specialises in making risotto easy. It sautés and steams veggies nicely too, all while impressing on the slow cooker front. It was a high-scorer on test, cooking our meals of choice mouthwateringly.

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The exterior kept its cool with no temperature change recorded on the handles, and it was energy efficient too. Its instructions weren’t the most detailed but it definitely deserves some bonus points for its sleek design.  

From Italy to France, this slow cooker is all about cooking sous-vide aka in a vacuum. All you have to do is pop your food in a pouch – which unfortunately you have to buy separately – and then place it in a temperature-controlled water bath, locking in all the juicy flavours. 

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It holds its own as a traditional slow cooker too and its 6.5-litre capacity is just what’s needed if you like to cater for a crowd. The electronic control panel allows you to easily monitor your cooking and you can manually adjust the cooking duration and temperature. Oh, and the food was top notch. Bon appetite! 

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This slow cooker-meets-pressure cooker is a premium machine that was first developed with Heston Blumenthal, and it shows. The serious bit of kit has a great range of pre-sets that let you cook a range of foods to the highest of standards.

It's energy efficient, has a nifty keep warm function and you can save your own settings. The hinged lid is a bit fiddly and it’s not small – but with a 6-litre capacity, that’s to be expected. We’d give it a Michelin star for sure. 

Cute and compact, this is a winner if you’re tight on space or don’t want to annoy your flatmates with yet another kitchen appliance. The 3.5-litre pot means you can still cook up a decent feast, and in testing it was easy to use, energy efficient and retained moisture well. 

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For extra recipe info, it’s worth checking out the selection on the Salter website, but don’t expect much from the instructions. The pot had a tendency to move when we stirred, too, but it’s a fab machine for faff-free chef-ing. Life upgrade alert! You can “bake” bread in a slow cooker. Whole wheat Crock Pot Bread. Not only is slow cooker bread more hands free than bread you’d bake in the oven, you don’t even have to wait for it to rise before you begin the cooking process. Mix up your dough, place it into the crock pot, and in 2ish hours, you’ll have a loaf of fabulously fluffy, homemade whole wheat bread ready to be devoured.

Thanks to Crock Pot Bread, however, a homemade loaf of fluffy, honey whole wheat bread is never more than a few cups of flour away.

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If you’ve been nervous to try baking homemade bread or consider it only something for serious, accomplished home bakers (or people with too much time on their hands), Crock Pot Bread will prove you wrong. (No Knead Focaccia will too!)

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Biting into a warm, butter-smeared slice of bread you’ve knit together from start to finish doesn’t just taste better. It feels better.

I read about the idea of baking bread in the slow cooker years ago, and it’s been tangled in the back of my mind since.

With our house heating up for the summer, now seemed like the perfect time to leave the oven off and give Crock Pot Bread a try.

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While using an oven to make bread does have some benefits over the slow cooker, the largest being that the cook time is more certain, the oven forms a better outside “crust, ” and the bread is more puffed and domed, overall, I was really pleased with how baking bread in the crock pot turned out.

Despite not being as tall as oven baked bread, the texture of the bread was still soft and fluffy, the loaf sliced nicely once cooled, and it made some of the best toast I’ve eaten in ages.

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With most homemade bread recipes, you mix the dough, let it rise for about an hour in the bowl unshaped, then shape it and let rise a second time prior to baking.

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Crock Pot Bread skips the fuss. As the slow cooker heats, the dough will complete all of its necessary rising. All you do is mix, shape, and bake.

If you prefer a more structured shape like classic sandwich bread, as long as your slow cooker is large enough, you can actually still put the dough in a loaf pan, then place the loaf pan directly inside of the slow cooker and bake the bread that way.

The easiest way to tell when a loaf of bread has finished baking is to take its internal temperature with an inexpensive digital instant read thermometer like this one. When the center of the bread hits 190-200 degrees F, it’s good to go.

No Yeast Slow Cooker Bread

If you have your heart set on a no knead crock pot bread, crock pot cheese bread, slow cooker sourdough bread, or another, feel free to try this method. Prepare your dough up to the point of its first rise, then follow the directions I’ve included here.

How to Bake Crock Pot Bread in the slow cooker. Easy, healthy homemade whole wheat crock pot bread, no rising required! Use this foolproof method for any of your favorite bread recipes.

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Hi, I'm Erin Clarke, and I'm fearlessly dedicated to making healthy food that's affordable, easy-to-make, and best of all DELISH. I'm the author and recipe developer here at and of The Well Plated Cookbook. I adore both sweets and veggies, and I am on a mission to save you time and dishes. WELCOME!You’re about to become the baker you always dreamed of with this Slow Cooker Bread. With a perfectly fluffy inside and a beautifully crispy outside, making homemade bread has never been easier!

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