Smoked Cream Cheese with Cranberry Bacon Jam

Start off by slicing the Beef Bacon into small pieces and placing them in a cold pan. Turn the pan on medium heat and start to cook down. Next take a cold block of cream cheese and score the top. Season on all sides with your favorite bbq rub, and place in the smoker or oven at 250 F degrees for 1.5 - 2 hours. Now once the bacon is just getting crispy, set it aside and leave a couple of Tbs of bacon grease in the pan. Add the diced onion and cook that down until slightly caramelized. Add the bacon back in along with the rest of the bacon jam ingredients and simmer for about 5 minutes. During this time the cranberries will start to pop. Now go ahead and mash the cranberries to your liking, then turn the heat down to simmer on low until thickened and resembles a jammy consistency. Then place set aside. Once the cream cheese is done, just top with the jam and enjoy!