Smoked Apple Butter

Name: Smoked Apple Butter
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 1 Quart
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb baking apples; 4 cups granulated sugar; Zest of 1 lemon

Pinky @SayNoMore

Winnipeg, Manitoba

In the real world I'm an outfitter at a Cabela's store and one of the things I get to do is share new ways to use many of our products.
I was asked to do a seminar on electric smokers for out annual Ladies Day Out event, and I thought this would be a great recipe for the season - everybody has apples around here, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner so I adapted my Nana's apple butter recipe and ... here you go.

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Ingredients

Up to 4 hours

1 Quart

2 lbbaking apples
4 cupsgranulated sugar
Zest of 1 lemon

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Steps

Up to 4 hours

1

Core the apples but don't peel them
2

Place them in a smoker with hickory chips
3

Smoke for 2 hours or until soft and brown
4

Place apples in food processor and purée. You want as much pectin from the skin as possible.
5

Bring to a boil and simmer with lemon zest and sugar in a large heavy skillet until it clarifies. Stir it regularly. It can take up to 2 hours to set up, keep the temperature as low as possible and make sure not to burn the mix, don't try to rush it.
6

For variation, add harvest seasonings like cinnamon, pumpkin spice, or for a really special version, add 1/4c of good bourbon.
7

Drip into a COLD plate to see if it will run. If it will gel its ready to let set.
8

Pour into jars and refrigerate for up to 6 weeks, or can for longer.