Pork Chops with Apples and Stuffing

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon butter softened
• 2  apples red unpeeled sliced
• 2 teaspoons flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar packed
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon lawry's seasoned salt 
• 2 lb pork loin chops bone-in trimmed
• 1 cup apple cider 
• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 1.5 cups bread stuffing mix for pork or chicken (from 12-oz box
• 0.3 cup cranberries dried sweetened
• 1 tablespoon parsley fresh chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• baking pan
• kitchen thermometer
• aluminum foil
• glass baking pan

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Brush 1/2 teaspoon butter in bottom of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.
3. Spread apple slices in dish. In small bowl, mix flour, brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
4. Sprinkle seasoned salt on both sides of pork; place pork over apples.
5. In 2-quart saucepan, heat apple juice and 2 tablespoons butter to boiling over medium-high heat. Stir in stuffing mix and cranberries. Cover; remove from heat.
6. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff mixture with fork. Scoop 1/2 cup stuffing onto each pork chop.
7. Spray sheet of foil with cooking spray; place sprayed side down over baking dish.
8. Bake 40 to 50 minutes. Uncover; bake 5 to 10 minutes longer or until pork is no longer pink in center and meat thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F.
9. Sprinkle with parsley. To serve, lift pork chops with stuffing to serving plates; serve apples on the side.