Baked Apple Pork Loin Chops
- 8, tart, crisp apples, peeled (4 roughly chopped, 4 sliced thinly)
- a little bit of water
- 1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice, divided in half
- 1/4 tsp. summer savory or thyme
- 1 tsp.brown sugar
- 8, 1" thick pork loin chops
- a small bit of oil for searing chops
Preheat oven to 350°
Place chopped apples and a little water (about 1/8th of a cup to start) in a small saucepan, simmer until apples soften (adding more water during cooking if necessary). Mash apples with a potato masher and stir in half of the pumpkin pie spice and the brown sugar. Congratulations, you just made applesauce!
Drizzle a little oil in a frying pan and sear both sides of each pork chop.
Toss the sliced apples in the savory and the remaining 1/8th teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.
Spread half of the sliced apples on the bottom of a large baking dish. Lay the chops on top of the apples and slather each chop with a spoonful of applesauce. Top with remaining apples. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for one hour. Uncover and continue to bake for another 20 minutes.
Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. When you serve it, be sure to top it with some of the apples that were at the bottom, too. Yum!
