Spiced Apple Pork Chops

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 0.3 cup firmly brown sugar packed
• 1 teaspoon canola oil 
• 5 ounce apples dried
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 8 ounce prechopped onion refrigerated ()
• 32 ounce center-cut pork chops bone-in ()
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 2 cups water 

Equipment

• frying pan
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
4. Add pork to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned.
5. Transfer pork to a 5-quart electric slow cooker coated with cooking spray, reserving drippings in pan. Reduce heat to medium.
6. Add onion to drippings in pan; saut 3 minutes or until tender. Stir in 2 cups water, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in brown sugar and next 3 ingredients (through ginger).
7. Remove pan from heat.
8. Add apples to slow cooker; pour onion mixture over apples. Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until tender.
9. Serve pork chops with apple mixture.