Candied Bacon

Today was the big football game day. That could only mean one thing, snacks! One of my favorites is hot, sweet heat candied bacon!

You can make it as sweet as you want, with as much heat as you want. Add a little more or a little less according to your taste. Cooking it in the oven leaves you with nice flat strips of bacon and less clean-up. Here's how it's done.

Ingredients:

• Bacon
• Honey
• Cayenne Pepper
• Light Brown Sugar

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with foil.
• Lay strips of bacon, evenly spaced on a grid rack placed inside the baking sheet.
• Brush one side of bacon slices with honey.
• Sprinkle cayenne pepper over honey, using as much or as little as you want. Start out easy.
• Sprinkle ½ the brown sugar over the bacon strips and smooth out with a back of a spoon.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until brown sugar has dissolved and begins to slightly harden. Remove baking sheet from oven.
• Use tongs to gently turn the bacon strips over. Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar over the bacon and return pan to oven. Bake for an additional 1-15 minutes. 
• You can flip again and add more brown sugar to the other side if the bacon is not fully cooked. BE CAREFUL. It burns easily at this point. Continue gaining until the bacon is crispy then remove from oven.
• Let the bacon sit for a few minutes before removing from rack. It will stick if you let it cool on the rack and will break apart when you try to take it off. 

Candied Bacon

Bacon brushed with honey, brown sugar and cayenne pepper. Make it as hot as you wish.

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Prep Time 7 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 32 mins

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 2 people

Calories 165 kcal

Equipment

• Large baking sheet lined with foil

Ingredients

  

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• 6 strips Bacon
• 1 TBS Honey
• ¼ tablespoon Cayenne Pepper
• ¼ cup Light Brown Sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with foil.
• Lay strips of bacon, evenly spaced on a grid rack placed inside the baking sheet.
• Brush one side of bacon slices with honey.
• Sprinkle cayenne pepper over honey, using as much or as little as you want. Start out easy.
• Sprinkle ½ the brown sugar over the bacon strips and smooth out with a back of a spoon.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until brown sugar has dissolved and begins to slightly harden. Remove baking sheet from oven.
• Use tongs to gently turn the bacon strips over. Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar over the bacon and return pan to oven. Bake for an additional 1-15 minutes. 
• You can flip again and add more brown sugar to the other side if the bacon is not fully cooked. BE CAREFUL. It burns easily at this point. Continue gaining until the bacon is crispy then remove from oven.
• Let the bacon sit for a few minutes before removing from rack. It will stick if you let it cool on the rack and will break apart when you try to take it off. 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Candied Bacon

Amount per Serving

Calories

165

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

3

g

5

%

Saturated Fat

 

1

g

5

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Cholesterol

 

3

mg

1

%

Sodium

 

13

mg

1

%

Potassium

 

55

mg

2

%

Carbohydrates

 

36

g

12

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

35

g

39

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

Vitamin A

 

260

IU

5

%

Vitamin C

 

1

mg

1

%

Calcium

 

24

mg

2

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Approximate nutrition information is provided as a convenience and courtesy only. You are encouraged to do your own calculations if precise data is required.

Keyword bacon, candied,, sweet heat

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