Baked pork chops w/ sweet BBQ red wine sauce

So I made dinner last night and it was a recipe that I created a few months ago. I may have some creative cooking skills from my mom, apparently. So here it is...

Liz's Sweet & BBQ Baked Pork Chops

Ingredients:

• 4 Bone-In Pork Chops (about an inch thick)
• 4 tablespoons of Olive Oil
• 1 tablespoon of Smoked Paprika
• 1 tablespoon of Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon wine

Wine Sauce Ingredients:

• Other 1/2 of the bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon wine (red wine)
  
• 1 teaspoon of Smoked Paprika
• 1 teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
• 1 - 1 1/2 cups of Brown sugar (I used light brown)
• 1/8 teaspoon of Garlic Powder
• 3/4 cup of heavy cream

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Using a large pan, place enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan (about 1 tablespoon) and set at medium high temperature.
3. While the oil is heating up, sprinkle the pork chops with half of the Smoked Paprika and Ground Cinnamon.
4. Place the pork chops in the pan, seasoned-side down, then sprinkle the other side with the rest of the seasonings. (If some misses the chops, its okay. You'll end up putting more of the seasonings in the pan soon.)
5. Sear each side for about 4-5 minutes, or just until they brown on the outside.
6. While they are searing, line a large glass oven-safe casserole dish (I used Pyrex) with heavy duty aluminum foil and add enough of the Cabernet Sauvignon to have about 1/2 inch in the bottom.
7. After each side is pan-seared (step 4), place the pork chops into the dish and cover with another sheet of heavy aluminum foil.
8. Cook for about 40-45 minutes, or until cooked thoroughly. (Having the Cabernet-Sauvignon will steam them while they bake, making them cooked but still juicy.)

Sauce Directions:

1. Keeping the drippings from pan add other ingredients except the heavy cream.
2. Put on medium-low to low heat and stir occasionally. (Make sure it doesn't get to a heavy/fast boil, if it boils.)
3. Continue to slowly cook sauce until about 5 minutes before the chops are done.
4. At this point, add the heavy cream while stirring to keep from cooking the cream. You just want to heat the cream in the sauce.
5. Allow it to warm until the chops are done baking.

After you plate the pork chops, spoon on some of the sauce or even grab a little dish of it to dip the bite-sized pork.

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Pan-fried Green beans

Ingredients:

• 1/2 - 1 lb. fresh green beans
• 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil
• 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter (optional)
• 1 teaspoon of garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon of pepper

Directions:

1. Using either a Wok or saucepan, heat the olive oil (and optional butter) on medium heat.
2. Wash and snap the ends of the green beans and place them in the pan/Wok.
3. Add garlic salt and pepper and cook tossing occasionally to avoid burning.
4. Cook for about 10 minutes, or until the green beans turn a brighter green.

Enjoy! From my kitchen to yours!