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candied bacon on a rack fitted over a baking sheet in the oven

Candied Bacon with Homemade Brown Sugar

Here's a great treat any time of the year, Heidi Billotto helps make it even better when you start with local bacon and a great Kitchen Hack for making your own brown sugar

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bacon I like to keep it local to North Carolina here and use Colfax Creek Farms, naturally cured bacon
  • 1/2 - 2/3 cup homemade brown sugar Start with a cup of organic granulated or raw sugar and 2 tablespoons of NC sorghum syrup molasses. Blend the two together to make homemade brown sugar

Instructions

  1. line the baking sheet with parchment paper and place the cake cooling rack on top of the parchment fitting it inside the pan

  2. Arrange the raw bacon strips side by side on the cake cooling rack

  3. Top the bacon with a layer of brown sugar

  4. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 20-25 mins.

  5. Remove from oven and allow bacon to cook on the rack for 10 minutes or so

  6. Store candied bacon in an airtight jar or container in the fridge

  7. Enjoy for a snack or as a garnish to a charcuterie board or use it to top salads or soups

Recipe Notes

Don't worry if the bacon fat and sugar have burnt on the parchment paper when you pull your bacon out of the oven.  Once the pan cools a bit, you can easily lift the parchment ( and all that burnt sugar mess) off of the pan and toss it in the trash for easy clean up.