Pork Chops with Cranberry Sauce

This is a new favorite in my house.  It is an awesome slow cooker recipe I found on allrecipes.com.   This is a wonderful site for finding recipes for your slow cooker.

I've modified this one slightly, but if you want to see the unedited version click here.  These are so tender and absolutely delicious!  Mash up some potatoes and fix a green veggie to go with them...YUM!

• 6 bone-in pork chops
• 16 ounces (or so) of cranberry sauce (I make my own and the recipe for that is below.  If you don't want to make your own, then I'd use 1 can of the whole cranberry sauce)
• 1/2 cup apple juice
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• 2 tbsp spicy brown mustard

Put the chops in the slow cooker.  Mix the other ingredients together until smooth and pour it over the chops.  Cover & cook on low 7-8 hours.  The chops should be tender.  Then remove them from the slow cooker but keep them warm.


In a saucepan combine until smooth:

• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water

Then gradually stir in the juices left in the slow cooker.  Bring that to a boil.  Stir it for about 2 minutes and it should thicken.  Add salt & pepper to taste.  Pour this mixture over the chops.
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CRANBERRY SAUCE (This is my Thanksgiving/Christmas recipe.  I cut this recipe in half for the pork chops):
Bring to a boil:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 2/3 cup water

Stir to dissolve sugar.

Then add:

• 4 cups fresh (washed) or frozen cranberries (I can usually only find the fresh right before Thanksgiving/Christmas.  Found frozen ones yesterday at the grocery store)

Bring back to a boil then reduce to a simmer until cranberries burst (usually about 10 minutes)
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