Maple Candied Bacon

Now I know I've probably said this a million times, but I love bacon. It's almost disgusting how much I really do. My fiance tried to cook me turkey bacon once...lets just say that never happened again. It was HORRIBLE! It just tasted fake and lets be honest...If you're going to eat bacon, it better be fattening, greesy, and the real shit.(excuse my language) So I'm constantly looking for recipes that include bacon in them. One of my girlfriends is always making fudge, so I found a bacon caramel fudge recipe, but she thinks it's too strange so we haven't had a chance to try it yet..But I'm working on it! Hopefully I'll be able to post that one on here when we do! I have however tried this recipe..maple candied bacon. This is a snack that all your guests will be talking about. I know mine do.

What you'll need:
1 pound of bacon
2 tbsp maple syrup. (not pancake Betty Crocker stuff...The real stuff)
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

 

What you'll have to do

Preheat your oven to 350 F.Wrap a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and top with a wire rack. In a large bowl, add the maple syrup, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, Kosher salt, and cayenne pepper. Mix well. Add the bacon to the bowl and toss gently with your hands. Make sure that all of the slices are evenly coated. Place the bacon in a single layer onto the wire rack. Bake in the center of the oven for about 20 minutes. The bacon will be a bit brown, but will most likely need to bake for another 10-15 minutes. It should look slightly dark (not burnt) and crispy. If you take it out too soon, the texture will be chewy (gross) Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes on the rack. Don’t let them sit too long or else they will stick. Once cool enough to handle, you can break the bacon into chards (you’ll have about 32 pieces). I however kept them whole, just because(:

I'm telling you, this recipe is amazing if you like bacon. If you don't like bacon..I recommend you liking it... I'm telling you, I only put the good recipes on here...The ones I reallllllllly like. This is definitely a top 5 recipe.

1 lb. good quality bacon, sliced

2 tbsp. pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup)

¼ c. brown sugar

2 tsp. Dijon mustard

½ tsp. Kosher salt

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

- See more at: http://www.theclevercarrot.com/2012/12/maple-candied-bacon/#sthash.poBVlOEO.d

1 lb. good quality bacon, sliced

2 tbsp. pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup)

¼ c. brown sugar

2 tsp. Dijon mustard

½ tsp. Kosher salt

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

- See more at: http://www.theclevercarrot.com/2012/12/maple-candied-bacon/#sthash.poBVlOEO.dpu