- November 25, 2024
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My roommate has a crockpot and whenever she cooks in it, everything seems so easy and worry free. I have never used it before, but when I found this recipe for cranberry pork in the crockpot, I though it was time to try.
I love the idea that I can prep something and then leave it all day to cook while I’m working. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t been cooking for that long and haven’t had the time for the awesomeness of the slow cooker to sink in … but those things are awesome.
There’s no doubt that I will be on the lookout for more cook-by-yourself recipes for the crockpot in the future.
Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork
(yields 12 servings)
What you need:
3 pound lean, boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of fat and cut in half crosswise

16 ounces canned whole berry cranberry sauce

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon yellow mustard

2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
What to do:
Heat a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with nonstick spray. Add roast halves, browning on all sides. Place roast halves in the insert of a slow cooker that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
In a medium bowl, mix cranberry sauce, brown sugar and mustard; pour over the roast in the cooker. Cover with lid; cook on high for one hour. Reduce to low and cook six hours. Remove roast from the cooker, reserving cranberry mixture in crockpot. Set roast aside; keep warm.
In a large bowl, whisk together corn starch and water until well mixed. Scoop cranberry mixture into the large bowl and then whisk corn starch and cranberry mixture together. Place in the microwave and cook on high for two minutes, or until thickened.
Place pork roast on platter and use two forks to shred it apart. Top with cranberry sauce and serve immediately.
