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<\/a>2 teaspoons ground cinnamon<\/p>\n1\/4 cup brown sugar<\/p>\n
\u00bc cup sugar<\/p>\n
6 Granny Smith apples (make sure they are the same size)<\/p>\n
\u00bd cup oatmeal (not instant)<\/p>\n
\u00bc cup chopped pecans<\/p>\n
2 tablespoons crystallized ginger- smashed<\/p>\n
3 tablespoons butter, cut into 6 teaspoon-size pieces<\/p>\n
1 cup apple cider<\/p>\n
Garnish:<\/em><\/p>\n1 cup heavy cream<\/p>\n
\u00bd cup dried cranberries<\/p>\n
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine cinnamon, oatmeal, chopped pecans, crystallized ginger and sugar in a small bowl. Set aside. Core apples. Make sure not to puncture the bottom of the apples so that the juices will remain. Remove skin from 1\/2-inch around top of apples at the opening. Fill each cavity with the cinnamon-sugar and oatmeal mixture. Top each apple with a teaspoon of butter. Place apples in casserole dish and pour apple cider around them. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for approximately 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake 5-10 more minutes. Remove from heat, place in individual serving bowls and top with the heavy cream and dried cranberries. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n
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Baked Pork Chops with Apples and Sweet Potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n4 pork chops<\/p>\n
1-2 teaspoons Chinese 5-spice<\/p>\n
Salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n
2 sweet onions, sliced into rings<\/p>\n
2 sweet potatoes, sliced<\/p>\n
2 McIntosh apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into rings<\/p>\n
3 tablespoons brown sugar<\/p>\n
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n
1 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Season pork chops with salt and pepper to taste and Chinese 5-spice and arrange in a medium oven-safe skillet. Top pork chops with onions, sweet potatoes and apples. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Cover and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven until sweet potatoes are tender and pork chops have reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>October is high season for a wide variety of apples. You know, there are 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide. The United States grows about 2,500 kinds but only 100 commercially. The Delicious apple is the most widely grown variety grown in the US. In America, 36 states grow apples but Washington, New York, Michigan, California and Virginia produce the most.<\/p>\n