Slow Cooked BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Fall off the bone goodness!  

30 mins prep in the morning and cooked in crockpot while day tripping to Elora Gorge.  

Perfect ending to a fabulous day.  Served with corn on the cob and mashed potatoes.

Added bonus; Baby Back Beef ribs were on sale this week so this was under $10 meal!

Ingredients:

1 rack of baby back beef ribs (1-2 lbs)

Rib Spice Mixture:

1.5 T paprika

1.5 T brown sugar

2 t salt

2 t chili powder

2 t garlic powder

1 t dried chili peppers

1 t black pepper

1 t onion powder

1/2 t dried thyme

BBQ Sauce

2 c ketchup (no name)

1/2 c molasses

1/2 c brown sugar

1/4 c blackberry jam

1/3 c apple cider vinegar

1 T reserved spice mixture (above)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a small bowl combine spice ingredients.  Keep 1 T aside
Cut ribs into sections (6)
rinse ribs and pat dry; rub spices evenly over meat and place on parchment lined baking sheet
Bake for 30mins/15 mins per side

While ribs are in the oven;
combine BBQ sauce ingredients in a small pot and heat over low to medium heat for 15 mins stirring frequently.  Pour into measuring cup and pour half into dish and set aside (to serve with ribs at dinner time)

Spray your crockpot with non stick cooking spray
place 3 ribs in pot and cover with 1/2 of the remainder of sauce
repeat

Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours.

To serve:
warm up reserved bbq sauce in microwave
place ribs on serving place and brush with some of the warmed up BBQ sauce
remainder in gravy boat to use as dipping sauce or gravy over mashed potatoes

Leftovers were great the next day!