Slow Cooker Apple Pork Roast

This slow cooker pork recipe is easy to prepare, and tastes delicious. The only hard part is waiting until it’s cooked, and ready for supper!

We make this at least once a month, and it makes enough for leftovers for the next day’s supper. Perfect!

Easy to prepare, delicious, and perfect for a no-fuss supper, all year round.

Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 3 hours Serves 4 (2 meals for 2)

Ingredients

2 cups baby carrots
1 medium apple
1/2 cup chopped onion
3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 lb pork roast
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

Directions

Cut the baby carrots in half, lengthwise
In a small bowl, microwave the baby carrots, with a 1/4 water, for 90 seconds

This softens them a bit, so they aren’t crunchy at supper time!

Cut the apples into 8 wedges, and remove the cores (leave the peels on)

Put the apples and onion into the bottom of a medium-sized slow cooker.

Drain the carrots, and add to the slow cooker.

Sprinkle the apples, onions and carrots with 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.

Rub the pork roast with salt and pepper.

Put the roast on top of the apples, onions and carrots in the slow cooker.

Pour the applesauce over the roast.

Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.

Cook on high heat setting for 1 hour, then on low setting for 2 hours

Before serving, test the pork, to be sure it’s at 160°F internal temperature.

Recipe Notes

We’ve made this with a small pork roast, pork tenderloin, and thick pork chops! The cooking time might change, based on which pork cut you use.
We usually serve this with cooked rice or boiled potatoes.
Leftovers are great the next day, warmed up in the microwave.
We usually have Cosmic Crisp apples, but almost any variety would work!

In the photo below, I’m ready to eat my serving of Slow Cooker Apple Pork Roast. We serve this in our Corelle salad/pasta bowls, which are perfect for “saucy” suppers.

Adapted from this Apple Pork Roast recipe.

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Slow Cooker Apple Pork Roast