Red cabbage

For those of you who love the taste of basted red cabbage so sweet and delicious, i eat mine with perogies and sausage and picles. It's like one of my favorite meals and a little mustard and apples... okay so i could go on. I used to buy this in a jar, but i couldn't find it so I made my first batch.

1 head of medium red cabbage
4 pieces of bacon chopped
1 medium onion
1 medium apple
2-3 cups of chicken broth, i added a little apple cider to make it sweeter
1/2 c. white sugar
4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 c. red wine vinegar( it keeps the cabbage more vibrant in color)
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves

Chop up all the ingredients: cook the bacon till crisp, add the onions 1 tsp. of the salt., cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves. cook until onions are tender. Add the cabbage, cook until wilted, then add the apple, vinegar, sugar, vinegar, broth/ cider, pepper. cook for 1 hour, stirring occassionally( you will want to stir occassionally throughout the process) after this is done. turn the heat up and bring the dish to boil, cook until it is at a sauce like consistency. Put into your prettiest dish or just right in your mouth. This will be sweeter than sauerkraut, so just make sure people know this if they aren't used to it. enjoy!!!