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B-Daddy's Candied Bacon

B-Daddy's Candied Bacon

This recipe will make you popular at your next dinner party. Myers prepares the bacon on the grill, but I find that baking it in the oven gives a more consistent result at home.
Course Appetizers
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound hickory-smoked bacon
  • 7 tablespoons light brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 300°F. Place wire racks in 2 rimmed baking sheets. Place the bacon slices in a single layer on racks.
  • Bake at 300°F until edges just begin to curl, about 20 minutes. (Bacon should still be pliable.)
  • Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over bacon slices; sprinkle evenly with cayenne pepper. Return pans to oven, and bake at 300°F until sugar is caramelized and bacon is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven, and cool completely, about 10 minutes. If desired, break into bite-size pieces before serving.

Notes

Recipe and Image courtesy of B-Daddy's BBQ.
Excerpted from The South's Best Butts by Matt Moore. Copyright © 2017 Oxmoor House. Reprinted with permission from Time Inc. Books, a division of Time Inc. New York, NY. All rights reserved.
Keyword B-Daddy's BBQ, bacon, candied bacon
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