HICKORY SMOKED BURGERS WITH GLAZED APPLES AND SMOKED CHEDDAR

Hickory Smoked Burgers with Glazed Apples and Smoked Cheddar image

Provided by Food Network

Time 42m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Smoked Cheddar cheese, sliced
4 onion rolls, sliced
Crisco® Butter No-Stick Cooking Spray
BURGER PATTIES:
1/2 cup Smucker's® Spiced Apple Butter
2 tbsps. Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsps. hickory smoke flavoring*
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground pepper
1 1/4 lbs. ground beef chuck
GLAZED APPLES:
1 cup Smucker's® Spiced Apple Butter
1 large Granny Smith apple, washed, cored and sliced 3/8-inch thick crosswise
1 large sweet onion, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick crosswise, keeping rings intact

Steps:

COMBINE 1/2 cup apple butter, Worcestershire sauce, hickory smoke flavoring, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Crumble ground chuck into bowl; gently combine the ingredients well. Shape meat into four 5-inch wide patties; refrigerate.
COAT unheated grill grate with no-stick cooking spray. Heat grill to medium-high (350 degrees F to 400 degrees F). Coat apples and onions (keeping slices intact) with 1 cup apple butter.
GRILL burgers, apples and onions 4 to 6 minutes per side or until juices run clear on the burgers and the apples and onions are tender. Toast rolls, if desired.
TOP each burger with cheese during the last 2 minutes of grilling. Place a burger on each roll bottom, top with grilled apples and onions and the roll top; serve.