That’s a cozy, dessert-style slow cooker recipe—soft croissants baked with cinnamon apples and a sweet custard. It turns out like a mix between bread pudding and apple pie 😋
🍎🥐 Cinnamon Sugar Apple Croissants (Slow Cooker)
🧂 Ingredients
- 4–5 croissants (day-old works best, torn into pieces)
- 2 apples (peeled, thinly sliced)
- ½ cup sugar (white or brown)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp melted butter
👩🍳 Instructions
- Prep the apples
- Toss sliced apples with cinnamon, sugar, and nutmeg.
- Layer the slow cooker
- Grease the slow cooker lightly.
- Add half the croissant pieces.
- Add a layer of apples.
- Repeat with remaining croissants and apples.
- Make the custard
- Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, and melted butter.
- Combine
- Pour custard evenly over everything.
- Gently press down so croissants soak it up.
- Cook
- Cover and cook on LOW for 2.5–3 hours or until set in the center.
🍯 Optional Toppings
- Powdered sugar
- Caramel sauce
- Whipped cream
- Chopped nuts
💡 Tips
- Slightly stale croissants absorb the custard better
- Use a paper towel under the lid to catch condensation (prevents sogginess)
- Add raisins or cream cheese chunks for extra richness
🍽️ What it’s like
- Soft, custardy inside
- Slightly crisp edges
- Warm cinnamon-apple flavor like apple pie
If you want, I can give you a 3-ingredient lazy version or an oven-baked version with a crispy top 👍
