Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote

WW Recipe of the Day: Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote

Here's an easy, delicious and versatile dried fruit compote that I love.

It's good warm or cold. For breakfast with hot cereal or yogurt. Or for dessert spooned over vanilla ice cream or pound cake.

This crock pot dried fruit compote would be a delicious accompaniment to roast pork or chicken or turkey too.

Easy Dried Fruit Compote with Yogurt

Or an easy appetizer topping Brie, goat cheese or light cream cheese with crackers.

Recipe Notes

You can use whatever combination of dried fruits you have on hand or like best—figs, dried plums, dried apricots, dates, dried cherries, cranberries, blueberries, raisins—to make your crock pot dried fruit compote.

For this batch, I used a combination of dried plums, apricots, figs, cranberries and raisins. Next time I want to try adding a few dried cherries and dates to the mix.

Homemade Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote

And it keeps in the fridge for several weeks, making a jar or two of crock pot dried fruit compote a great asset to have around during the holidays.

How Many Calories and WW Points in this Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote?

According to my calculations, each ¼-cup serving has 132 calories and:

6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
6 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
6 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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5 from 2 votes

Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote

Feel free to use whatever combination of dried fruits you like best when making this fruit compote.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time4 hours hrs

Total Time4 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings (adjustable): 20

Calories: 132

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ 5 cups mixed dried fruits (I used a combination of dried plums, apricots, figs, cranberries, raisins and raisins)
• ▢ 2 cups cranberry juice
• ▢ ½ cup white zinfandel wine
• ▢ ¼ cup fig preserves or orange marmalade
• ▢ 1 cinnamon stick, 5-inch, broken in half
• ▢ 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• ▢ 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

• Ideal slow cooker size: 4-Quart.
• Stir the dried fruits, cranberry juice, wine, preserves, cinnamon stick pieces and lemon zest in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours, until the fruit has softened and mixture thickened.
• When finished cooking, turn off the slow cooker. Remove and discard cinnamon stick pieces. Stir in the vanilla.
• Enjoy warm or cold.
• Transfer the mixture to small glass jars or to one large storage container. This easy dried fruit compote will keep for 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator.

Equipment

4-Quart Slow Cooker

Microplane Grater

Measuring Spoons

Recipe Notes

You can use whatever combination of dried fruits you have on hand or like best – figs, dried plums, dried apricots, dates, dried cherries, cranberries, blueberries, raisins – to make your crock pot dried fruit compote.

Serving size: ¼ cup

Click here to see your WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.

6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

6 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

6 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Crock Pot Dried Fruit Compote

Amount Per Serving (1 /4 cup)

Calories 132

% Daily Value*

Fat 0g0%

Carbohydrates 34g11%

Fiber 3g12%

Protein 1g2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Sauce, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: low fat dried fruit compote, slow cooker fruit compote

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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

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