Two boneless pork loin roasts, each about 2 pounds, are seasoned with seasoning salt, placed in a 9x13-inch baking dish or small roasting pan, covered with apple juice, and baked at 350 degrees F for a total of about 3 hours. The recipe calls for 15 minutes of prep and yields six servings.
The first hour is a covered roast: the pork goes into the preheated oven with a lid or aluminum foil over the pan. While it bakes, the glaze comes together from 1/2 cup apple butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons water, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves.
After that first hour, the roasts come out of the oven and the apple butter mixture is spread over them. They return, still covered, for another 2 hours, or until fork-tender.
What the Dish Delivers
The ingredient list is short and built around apple in two forms: 2 cups of apple juice for the braising liquid and 1/2 cup of apple butter for the glaze. The spice profile is limited to cinnamon and cloves, plus seasoning salt on the meat.
The recipe source describes the result as warm and cozy and calls it a great Sunday dish, noting it is the best pork recipe the author has made. That is the recipe author's own assessment, not a tested comparison against other pork preparations.
Per-serving nutrition is listed at 607 calories, 25 grams of fat, 26 grams of carbohydrates, and 65 grams of protein. Those figures come from the supplied recipe and reflect the ingredients as written; they do not account for substitutions or for any sides served alongside.
The main practical constraint is time rather than technique. The active work is roughly 15 minutes, but the oven does the rest across three hours, which makes the dish better suited to a weekend or a day when someone is home to move the pan in and out. The recipe does not specify an internal temperature target, so doneness is judged by the fork-tender instruction rather than a numeric reading.
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