Million Dollar Bacon

Ingredients

10 pieces thick cut bacon, cut in half if desired for smaller pieces.

¼ cup brown sugar

½ tsp fresh cracked black pepper

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

2 Tbsp maple syrup

Instructions

Place oven rack on center rack. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine syrup, brown sugar, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Set aside.

Place foil on a 13×9 baking sheet. Add bacon in a single layer.

Brush mixture over both sides of bacon with the brown sugar mixture.

Bake in preheated oven on center rack for 20 minutes, then flip and cook for 15-20 minutes on other side.

Remove bacon from oven and place on cooling rack to dry.

Drizzle bacon with extra maple syrup and arrange served with deviled eggs.

Serve with Mustardy Deviled Eggs

Urban Cowgill Jan 2020