Pork Chops And Applesauce Brady Bunch Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For Pork Chops
2 cups milk
3 teaspoons salt
8 pork chops (1/2 inch thick with or without bone, 2 lb total)
3 1/2 cups breadcrumbs (they suggest making them from firm white sandwich bread toasted and ground in a food processor, I ju)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary (or 1/2 tsp dried, crumbled)
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried, crumbled)
2 -3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 -3 tablespoons unsalted butter
For applesauce
3 lbs apples (McIntosh and Gala, I also threw in some green apples which gave it a bit of tartness that I liked)
1/4 cup water (I ended up adding 1/2 cup)
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Preparation

Marinate pork chops.
Stir together milk and 2 teaspoons salt in shallow 3-quart dish, then add pork chops. Marinate, covered and chilled, turning over once, at least 1 hour.
Make applesauce while chops marinate.
Peel, core, and coarsely chop apples, then stir together with remaining applesauce ingredients in a 3-quart heavy saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring ocassionaly, then reduce heat to moderately low and cook, covered, stirring ocassionally, until apples are falling apart, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf and mash apples with a fork. Keep applesauce warm, covered.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
Stir together bread crumbs, garlic, rosemary, thyme, and remaining teaspoon salt in a shallow bowl.
Lift pork chops from milk 1 at a time, letting excess drip off, and dredge in bread crumbs, lightly patting crumbs to help adhere, then transfer to a tray, arranging in 1 layer.
Heat 2 Tbsp oil and 2 Tbsp butter in 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides then saute pork chops in 2 to 3 batches, without crowding, turning over once, until golden brown and just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per batch. Transfer as cooked to a platter and keep warm in oven. (Add more oil and butter to skillet as needed).
Serve pork chops with applesauce.