Slow Cooker Turkey Breast With Dressing

My cranky, old 1934 oven is very small and slow, so I devised this method for cooking a holiday meal of slow cooker turkey breast with stuffing. The slow cooker keeps the turkey breast moist, and cooking the dressing in the same cooker gives it a wonderful flavor.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 512 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 ½ large yellow onions, diced
• 4 large celery ribs, diced - or more to taste
• 1 (8 ounce) package dry bread stuffing mix with seasoning packet
• 1 (7 pound) bone-in turkey breast with pop-up timer

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions and celery in hot butter until onions are translucent, about 8 minutes; remove from heat.

Step 2

Place a plastic slow cooker liner into a 6-quart slow cooker. Place dry bread stuffing into the liner bag and sprinkle contents of seasoning packet over bread. Stir cooked onions and celery, cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup melted butter, chicken broth, and 1/2 teaspoon salt into dressing mix, taking care not to pierce the bag.

Step 3

Rinse turkey breast and pat dry with paper towels; season turkey breast with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Push dressing mixture to the edge of the cooker and lay turkey breast into the slow cooker with the pop-up timer facing upward.

Step 4

Cook on High until the pop-up timer pops, 4 to 4 1/2 hours.

Step 5

Transfer turkey breast to a cutting board and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Transfer dressing to a serving bowl and serve alongside turkey.