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First, gather all the ingredients and triple-check that they're parve - you don't want to treif up your fleishig crock pot with a dairy product!
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All of the ingredients above are easy to find in any large supermarket - *except* the pareve tofutti sour cream.
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If you can't find it, you can use Rich's Whip or other parve whipping 'cream' product, or peanut butter (if no one is allergic!
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), or simply extra oil and extra pudding mix.
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Place a plastic liner bag in a three - four quart slow cooker and turn it to 'high.'
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Make sure you use the liner or a plastic cooking bag - unless you want to spend an hour Saturday night scrubbing the crock pot!
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Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl, by hand, until the mix reaches a uniform consistency.
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If it seems too dry and stiff, add a little extra soy milk or water.
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If it seems too loose, a little flour or extra chocolate pudding mix should do the trick.
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Pour the mixture into the cooker, and leave it on high for about one hour.
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After one hour, or, if preparing this dish for Shabbos, at candle-lighting time, turn the cooker to 'low.
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Keep an eye on it - it should take about three-four hours more, which should be right on-time for the end of your Friday night meal.
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Despite what the dairy versions of this recipe I've seen suggest, DO NOT try to leave it overnight.
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It will turn sour and become inedible.
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You can control the consistency to your taste.
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If you prefer it really gooey and mushy, turn the cooker to 'warm' after two-three hours.
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If it is Shabbos, you can take the ceramic pot out of the metal base unit and place it immediately crosswise on top of the base (without putting it down first) - that will keep it warm but stop the baking process.
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This trick also works well if you forgot to change the setting to 'low' before Shabbos.
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Feel free to double or triple the recipe - but if you use a huge crock pot, you can expect the center to remain gooey unless you stir it during the cooking process, which is not permitted on Shabbos.
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That's not necessarily a problem - people who want well-done can be served from the edges, and people who want mush get the middle.
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With a large crowd, you will almost always find some in each group.
