Pork & Apples

I am somewhat of an amateur cook and like to mess around in the kitchen from time to time. I went shopping last week and they had a pretty good deal on some thin boneless pork chops, about 1/4 of an inch thick. I picked the pork chops up though I had no idea what I was going to do with them. As I completed the rest of my shopping I was putting together a recipe in my head. What I ended up with was a nice tasty dish that I think most people would enjoy. For my theme I tried to bring together the concept of having applesauce on pork chops. The following is a list of ingredients that you might have already, it's a pretty simple dish.

FOOD

1 box of Stove Top stuffing (I recommend chicken)
1 box carton of your favorite chicken stock
3-4 apples (I prefer Empire)
3-4 1/4" boneless pork chops
butter as needed

SPICES

1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
2 teaspoons thyme
pinch of nutmeg
Salt & Pepper

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Meat Mallet
1 large Ziploc freezer bag

First thing you want to do is preheat your oven to 400F. Next grab your apples and throughly wash them and remove the produce stickers. Very carefully cut the apples into quarters and carve out the seed portions. Then chop up each quarter into 4 rough cubes. In a small bowl combine the cinnamon, sugar, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg together. Grab a clear casserole dish and add the apples. Take that wonderful smelling mixture of spices and dump it on the apples, then use your hands and mix up the spice and apples so they are pretty evenly coated. Add two tablespoons of butter. Put this apple mixture in the oven and cook for about 15-20 minutes until apples are soft but no overly browned.