If I could eat one food for the rest of my life, it would surely be bacon. Bacon for breakfast, bacon for lunch, bacon wrapped something or other for dinner. For a snack, I would surely chow down on this Bourbon Maple Bacon.
When we talk bacon, we are pretty much talking salted and smoked pork belly. It’s fatty, meaty, and all around delicious. Maple is a natural accompaniment. The sweetness works perfectly with the salty bacon. The bourbon adds a different smokiness, but the sharpness really wakes up your palette to take in all of the other flavors. That’s why my lovely wife, Beth, refers to it as “Bacon Crack.” Eating a plateful with a glass of bourbon is not something that I would readily admit to, but I’ve “heard” that it’s not a bad way to spend an evening.
Making this special treat is a lot easier than you might think. Basically, we are baking and candying bacon. Baking your bacon really makes a lot of sense. If you don’t, you really should start. I wrap a sheet pan in foil and put bacon on top of it. No splatter, no crinkly bacon, and no greasy pan. Cleanup is as easy as pouring your bacon grease into a jar or letting it solidify on the foil before crumpling up the foil and tossing it into the trash.
The candying part is equally as easy. After the bacon has baked for about 15 minutes, you just baste the bacon every five minutes with some Bourbon Maple Syrup. The syrup get sticky and lovely and yummy over top of that salty, smoky bacon.
Serve it with anything you want, but you can be just as happy having it on it’s own. Enjoy!
Throughout April, we’re talking about breakfast! What is your favorite breakfast food? Anything new that you’d like to try? Leave a comment and share your stories and suggestions!
- 1 lb thick-sliced bacon
- ½ cup Bourbon Maple Syrup
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cover two sheet pans in aluminum foil. Lay strips of bacon onto each.
- Place pans of bacon into preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Pull bacon from the oven and brush each slice with about ½ tsp of the syrup. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes. Repeat this process twice more.
- After the final baking, remove the bacon from the pan to a wire rack placed over paper towels and allow to drain and cool slightly.
- Serve with bourbon and enjoy!
Thanks for linking up at #simplysundays, I love this stuff like a fat kid loves cake!
Thanks for having me. I think I have to be careful about making this too much or we’ll all be having some weight issues!
Yes please!! I love bacon, especially maple bacon and now you’re telling me to use bourbon too??? This must be a gift from the gods!
I don’t know about a gift from the gods, but someone put maple, bourbon, and bacon on this earth. It just seems natural to put them together.
Once I started baking bacon, I have never looked back! This looks wonderful and would make a fun treat for a Kentucky Derby party!
I’m still not sure whether I like baking or pan-frying better, but I know that I like the cleanup from baking much more! Plus I get to add flavors like this!
HI, I do hope you’ll come over to Food on Friday: Bacon to bring this to the party! Cheers from Carole’s Chatter
Yummy!! I love that it is so easy to make. Thanks for linking up at #HomeMattersParty
We just don’t have time for complicated, do we? Thanks for stopping by!
This looks so good! Lately I’ve been on a bit of a bacon kick, and I may need to make this! Thanks for sharing at Idea Box!
Well, I fell for this right away! Your Maple Bacon Crack (lol) is one of my features at Treasure Box Tuesday this week! Thanks for linking up with us! 🙂