Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Pork Loin

A great alternative to turkey at the holidays! Pork loin rubbed in brown sugar, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper then wrapped in bacon and topped with cranberry sauce, orange juice, orange zest and dijon mustard. So tender and delicious...and defnitely on my Christmas week menu this year.

1 (3 to 4-lb) center-cut pork loin
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried rosemary
salt and pepper, to taste
10 slices bacon, uncooked
¼ cup whole cranberry sauce
1 Tbsp dijon mustard
2 Tbsp orange juice
1 tsp orange zest

• Combine brown sugar, garlic powder, rosemary, salt and pepper.
• Season pork loin with brown sugar mixture on all sides.
• Wrap bacon around pork loin and place in slow cooker.
• Mix together cranberry sauce, dijon mustard, orange juice and orange zest. 
• Pour over pork loin.
• Cover and cook on LOW 2½ to 3 hours, until the internal temperature is 145ºF.
• Remove pork from slow cooker and place on an oven-safe baking sheet.
• Place under the oven broiler for 2 to 3 minutes to crisp up the bacon..

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