These are crazy good, easy to make “carmelized” onions.  Less than 5 minutes of work, all day in a crock-pot, and you have the yummiest onions imaginable.  They are a great base for French Onion Soup, or Onion Dip, and fit well in any recipe where you want onion flavor without the sharpness of raw onions.  I usually have a container of these stashed away in the freezer somewhere.

Ingredients:

4-6 big onions

2 Tbl butter or shmaltz*

Instructions:

Slice the onions.  Dump them into your crock pot.  Put the butter or shmaltz on top.  Make sure your pot is plugged in, and set it to low.  Walk away.  Ignore it.  Really.  Eight to twelve hours later, the onions are all brown and wonderful, your house smells great, and you can use or freeze the onions as you wish.

*This recipe used to call for an entire stick of butter.  I’ve cut it down to make it healthier, and honestly don’t notice a difference.