Slow Cooker Recipe

Okay so this is my experiment recipe for this week.  It is called Slow Cooker Recipe and came from CookNChatter.  When I first saw this I thought "This sounds really interesting, I think it will turn out quite good."  Well, I don't know about that.  It was okay.  I think if maybe I adjusted the spices a little and got rid of the cranberry sauce then maybe it would be okay.  I made this yesterday for dinner and fed my family and my in-laws.  Out of my four girls only one would eat it, the other three didn't like it at all.  My Mother-In-Law thought it tasted Gourmet and quite liked it, My Father-In-Law and Husband thought it was okay, but not a do over and I have to say I agree with the last.  It was okay to try, it wasn't horrible, but I probably won't make it again.

Here is the recipe, I would love for you to try it and let me know what you think.  Maybe it's just that we don't have that much of a taste for cranberries, who knows, but I would love to see what others think about it.

1 lb. Beef Cubes
1 Can Beef Broth
1 Can Cranberry Sauce (can use jellied)
1 Onion Chopped
1 pkg. Sliced Mushrooms
1/4 tsp. Marjoram
1/4 tsp. Thyme
1/4 tsp. Rosemary
1/4 tsp. Garlic
1 Cinnamon Stick
Salt and Pepper to Taste

Brown Meat and Onion in a skillet and then place in the bottom of the Slow Cooker.  Add the rest of the ingredients, smashing the cranberry sauce if you are using the jellied type, and cook on Low for 6-8 hours.
If you want the sauce a little thicker, 1 hour before serving scoop out about 1/4 cup of broth and let it cool.  Then add 2 T. Wondra Flour and pour it back into the Crock Pot and cook for the last hour.
Serve over Noodles or Rice.

My Note:  I did thicken the sauce, but I just used regular Flour, I don't know what Wondra Flour is.  I also used whole cranberry sauce instead of the jellied type.

Again, let me know what you think on this recipe, I am sure that some of you might really like it, just like my Mother-In-Law.   I am trying another new recipe later this week.  This time it is going to be a side dish and it looks really good, so stay tuned for that one.