So when I went looking for a crockpot recipe, my eye caught this one that I pinned.  Mississippi Roast from A perfectly lovely ordinary day.  But what challenged me was the comment “I won’t make a roast any other way now!”  How can I not rise to the bait of THAT?

Gathering up my ingredients, I was off to “slave in the kitchen”. {wink, wink}  A chuck roast, a stick of butter, a package of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing and a  package of McCormick’s Au Jus. The recipe did call for some pepperoncini’s but most people in my family don’t care for those, so I omitted that from the recipe. If you would like to add them, you purchase them in a jar and lay them on top of your roast after the butter in this recipe.

Now, my crockpot is a little seasoned (old).  But I refuse to get a new one because it cooks better than other crockpot I have ever owned.  So you might be a little confused when you see my crockpot because looks unlike most others.  I love it because I can take the cooking part right off the base and serve as is.  It is a cinch to clean.  So if you happen to see a crockpot like this, I would recommend picking one up for me.  I mean….you.

On to the recipe.  Lay chuck roast in crock pot and sprinkle the whole package of Ranch Dressing on top:

Next sprinkle the whole package of McCormick’s Au Jus on top of that.  I know. Don’t break a sweat.

Here comes the hardest part of all.  Lay a stick of butter on top.

I had to sit down after that last instruction.   So much exertion. Now here is where if you’d like some pepperoncini’s, you would lay them on top around the stick of butter. Put your lid on and cook on low for 7-8 hours.

Now go take a nap and wait for the aroma to start wafting around the kitchen. Because when you wake up, you will be presented a wonderful roast that will look like this:

Now just add some mashed potatoes and gravy and Sunday dinner will be demolished.

This roast was a tad bit salty but it didn’t stop one person one tiny bit.  Maybe next time, I won’t use salted butter.  Because there definitely WILL be a next time.

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