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Bake’n Bacon: A Recipe For Party Happiness

December 24, 2015 By Gail

“Just how many armies are we feeding?” My husband, with his usual finesse, needed to let me know I was going overboard. I glared at him and hoisted a platter of crudites that resembled the Leaning Tower of Pisa out to the car. It was a lot, but I’d never, ever, admit it was too much.

We were hosting a Christmas party, and I wanted to celebrate a year of happiness. I like to make people feel special, so I make sure there is an abundance of food and drink. Is that so wrong?

One of the recipes I made for our event is called Spiced Candied Bacon. It’s part of a more complex recipe (found here) that was featured on the Today Show, but I chose to focus on the bacon alone. Despite my husband’s barb’s about overdoing it, the bacon was a huge hit with our guests. It flew off the plate, so I guess pigs can fly.

Pigs Can Fly

Excessive goodness? The best part of my day!

Ingredients

SPICED CANDIED BACON

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon espresso powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 pound thick-cut bacon

Preparation

Bikini Pig

Preheat oven to 350º.

To make candied bacon: In a bowl, mix brown sugar with all of the spices. Dip each slice of bacon into the brown sugar mixture, being sure to coat both sides well. Lay bacon on a foil-wrapped sheet tray in a single layer. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the bacon is crisp and cooked through. Remove from the oven and let cool.

Gail’s notes:

I found the sugar mixture rather skimpy to coat the bacon. I would suggest either double the sugar mixture or, as I ended up doing, smearing the sugar in a thin layer over the bacon as opposed to “dipping” the bacon.

My bacon wasn’t crisp after 20-30 minutes. Maybe it’s my oven misbehaving, or maybe my bacon is exceptionally thick. At any rate I gave it an additional fifteen minutes, let it cool, and then cut it into chunks of sweet/salty/chewy heaven.

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