Apricot Lamb Chops

Apricot Lamb Chops

½ cup apricot preserves
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon bottle minced garlic
1 teaspoon lower-sodium soy sauce
½ teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
8 (4-oz) lamb loin chops, trimmed
Cooking spray

1. Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Combine salt, cinnamon, and pepper, and sprinkle over both sides of lamb. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add lamb to pan; cook 5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove skillet from heat; add apricot mixture, turning lamb to coat. Place 2 chops on each of 4 plates; spoon remaining apricot mixture evenly over chops.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 lamb chops and about 2 tablespoons sauce).