Feasty "Apple-Kraut" Sausage

Ingredients

• 2 lb. Usinger Smoked Polish Sausage
• 1/2 lb. Cooked Bacon, crumbled
• 1 cup Raisins
• 1/2 tsp. Pepper
• 1 cup Beer
• 3 lbs. Fresh Sauerkraut
• 1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 1/2 cups Apple Juice or Cider
• 3 red delicious apples, cored/sliced thin

Directions

Remove sauerkraut from bag and place in a colander. Rinse well and squeeze dry. Place half of the sauerkraut in the bottom of slow-cooker. Cut smoked sausage into 2" pieces. Place cut sausage atop sauerkraut in slow-cooker and top w/ remaining ingredients. Top off with the remaining half of rinsed sauerkraut.

Place lid on slow-cooker and cook on "high" for 4 hours. DO NOT stir until cooking time has elapsed.