Candied Bacon
Thick cut bacon gets covered in brown sugar or a brown sugar cayenne mix and baked til crisp and candied. The perfect sweet and salty treat.
Ingredients
- 16 oz thick cut bacon 12 pieces
- 3/4 c light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a half size sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Line bacon side-by-side on the sheet pan. Avoid overlapping if you can.
- Measure brown sugar in a bowl and add the cayenne if you want it sweet and spicy. If you want to do a mix of both regular and spicy, the measurements are as follows: for every 4 pieces of bacon you need 1/4 brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne.
- Spread half the brown sugar on top each piece of bacon and rub in.
- Bake on the top rack for 20 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and flip the bacon. If the sugar is already burning on the pan, transfer bacon to a new parchment lined sheet pan. Be sure to flip each piece over.
- Cover in the rest of the brown sugar, pressing down on each piece.
- Put back in the oven on the top rack for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Transfer each piece of bacon to a fresh piece of parchment paper. Allow to harden for 30 minutes.
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