Easy Slow Cooker Apple Pork Roast

A pork shoulder roast simmers slowly with apples, onions, and cinnamon-flavored applesauce in this set-it, forget-it slow cooker main dish that makes good sandwiches the next day.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 527 Calories

Ingredients

• 6 apples with peel, cored and cut into 8 wedges
• 1 large red onion, roughly chopped
• 7 pounds pork shoulder roast
• 1 (24 ounce) jar cinnamon-flavored applesauce
• 0.5 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the apples and onion into the bottom of a slow cooker, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Step 2

Rub the pork roast with salt and pepper, and place it on the layer of apples and onions in the slow cooker. Pour the applesauce over the roast, and dust the top with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Step 3

Cook on High setting for 8 hours. Serve the roast topped with the sauce, apples, and onions.