Dive head first into your childhood with this collection that contains 21 of Grandma's Best Slow Cooker Recipes. You'll love every savory bite of these classic dishes, and your family will as well. Every one of these homemade recipes is perfect for family reunions or potlucks, because most of these dishes will feed and please a crowd easily.

When you make any one of these easy slow cooker recipes, you'll discover that food is where the heart is. Your youth resides in these dishes, dishes such as your grandma's chicken and dumplings recipe or her famous apple pie recipe.

Now with this list of old-fashioned recipes, you can share a slice of your past with your family. These homemade recipes will spark conversations you never thought you could have with your loved ones. So find a recipe that speaks to you below, get your slow cooker, and make some history.

 

21 of Grandma's Best Slow Cooker Recipes

Table of Contents

Old-Fashioned Beef Slow Cooker Recipes

Gran's Best Chicken and Dumplings Slow Cooker Recipes

Old-Fashioned Dessert Slow Cooker Recipes

Old-Fashioned Holiday Slow Cooker Recipes
 

For more vintage-style dishes, check out these Slow Cooker Bread Pudding Recipes.

Old-Fashioned Beef Slow Cooker Recipes

One of the best meals at Grandma's house was dinner. Some of our favorite recipes from Grandma in this section create wonderful comfort foods, such as this Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Meatloaf or this Old-Fashioned 1950s Salisbury Steak. Serve these mouthwatering beef entrees with a side of mashed potatoes for a memorable dinner.

Old-Fashioned 1950s Salisbury Steak

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Old-Fashioned Stuffed Bell Peppers
 

Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Meatloaf
 

Classically Delicious Slow Cooker Meatloaf

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Farmer's Market Vegetable Beef Stew

Gran's Best Chicken and Dumplings Slow Cooker Recipes

Warm up your heart and soul with these chicken slow cooker recipes. Chicken and dumplings recipes are abundant in this section; you have a wide variety of these recipes to pick from. But if you're looking for a classic pick-me-up, you have to make this Homestyle Chicken and Rice Soup.

5-Minute Prep Chicken and Dumplings
 

Slow Cooker Chicken, Bacon, and Chive Dumplings
 

Garlic amd Herb Cheesy Chicken Dumplings
 

Oh My Darlin' Dumplins and Chicken

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Homestyle Chicken and Rice Soup

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Old-Fashioned Dessert Slow Cooker Recipes

As sweet as Grandma herself, these vintage dessert recipes will melt in your mouth while reminding you of the good ol' days. If you want to impress church friends with your cooking skills, make this Slow Cooker Scripture Cake. If you're looking for something classic, this Simple Slow Cooker Apple Pie is right up your alley.

Simple Slow Cooker Apple Pie
 

Betty's Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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Slow Cooker Apple Brown Betty
 

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
 

Slow Cooker Scripture Cake
 

Easy All-Day Apple Pie

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Old-Fashioned Holiday Slow Cooker Recipes

Holidays are a time to celebrate the importance of love and friendship, and these vintage slow cooker recipes will help you do just that. Embrace your loved ones by the fire as you sip this Old-Fashioned Holiday Wassail. Or if you're in-laws are staying the weekend, you can make this Spiced Porridge for a Crowd that will make them reminiscence about their past.

Old-Fashioned Holiday Wassail

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Old-Fashioned Ham Slices and Pineapple Rings
 

Elegant and Easy Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Apple Cider
 

Spiced Porridge for a Crowd

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Want more homestyle recipes? Nourish your inner child with our free eCookbook 18 of Our Slow Cooker Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes.