3/4 cup pearl tapioca
3 cups water
2-1/4 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup walnut halves
1 teaspoon vanilla
In crock-pot combine tapioca (large round kind, no substitutes) and water and soak overnight. Add brown sugar and salt; cover and cook for 12 hours on low. Stir gently once in a while. Chill. Add walnuts and vanilla. Pour in a deep glass dish and cover with sweetened whipped cream. This is easy to do in crock-pot and takes no watching.
Serves 8. Recipe may be doubled.
VARIATION:
Add the juice from 1 can crushed pineapple to the water to make 3 cups. Fold in the pineapple before cooling. Just before serving, you may wish to add fresh chopped peanuts.