tamale pie in the slow cooker

From Stephanie's wonderful crockpotting blog. 

Spray cooking spray into the crockpot first. 

Filling.  Mix together and put into crockpot:

• 2 jars black beans 
• 1 can tomatoes (rotel)
• 1 can corn (or frozen equivalent)
• cheese, about 1/2 c. shredded
• onion diced
• spices (taco seasoning mix or):
• 1 T chili powder
• 1 T cumin 
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp oregano  
  
• Optional meat: I would brown it with onion, then add it. 

Topping, mix together and put on top:

• 1/2 c cornmeal
• 1/2 c flour 
• 1/2 tsp baking power
• 1 tsp sugar 
  
• 1/3 c milk
• 1 egg
  

Turn on crockpot. On high, in my pretty hot crockpot, it was done in about 4 hours.  Stephanie sad on low it was 6 hours for her. The top middle didn't really brown, but it got hard so that's good enough. It did stick to the crock, so spraying is worth it.