INGREDIENTS:
* 4 - 8oz. bone-in center cut pork chops (about an inch thick)
* 1/4 tsp. salt
* 1/2 tp. freshly ground black pepper
* 1 tsp. canola oil
* Cooking spray
* Chopped/minced onion (about 1 3/4 cups)
* 2 cups water (unless using fresh apples)
* 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 1 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp. ground cloves, same amount of ground ginger
* 1 (5 oz) package of dried apple rings (or fresh apples)
Grammie didn't have a slow-cooker, but her recipe was very similar to this one and you can set it and forget it!
DIRECTIONS:
1. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add pork to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned.
2. Transfer pork to a 5-quart electric slow cooker coated with cooking spray, reserving drippings in pan. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion to drippings in pan; sauté 3 minutes or until tender.
3. Stir in 2 cups water, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in brown sugar and next 3 ingredients (through ginger). Remove pan from heat.
4. Add apples rings to slow cooker; pour onion mixture over apples.
Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until tender.
5. Serve pork chops with apple mixture and some greens, squash, potatoes, veggies of your choice.
*If using fresh apples you can reduce water amount to 1/2-3/4 cup (depending on how juicy the apples are)
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