Slow Cooker Bacon-Ranch Beer-Can Turkey

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 1 cup light-colored beer 
• 1 ounce ranch dressing mix divided
• 6 slices bacon thick-cut
• 1  turkey breast whole bone-in dry rinsed

Equipment

• bowl
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Spray the inside of a large slow cooker with cooking spray.
2. Stir butter and 1/2 the ranch dressing mix together in a bowl until completely combined.
3. Carefully loosen each side of the skin of the turkey breast and spread the butter-ranch mixture under the skin.
4. Transfer turkey, skin-side up, to the slow cooker.
5. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 ranch dressing mix over turkey breast.
6. Lay bacon strips evenly across turkey.
7. Pour beer around turkey breast.
8. Cook in the slow cooker set to High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook until turkey is tender, 6 to 8 hours.