Resistance is futile—it’s BACON! Add maple syrup and buttery pecans and you have a ‘knock your socks off’ winner for breakfast, appetizer or late night snack. You may omit the pecans (sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t), but be prepared to share… Drool my friend, drool…

Tangy Maple Pecan Bacon

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound good quality, thick-sliced bacon
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup (preferably Grade B)
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (whiz pecans in your food processor for a few seconds)
  • Finely ground black pepper
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy foil. Place a baking rack over the lined sheet tray and arrange the bacon slices across the rack next to each other, not overlapping.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk the maple syrup and mustard. Generously spoon approximately half of the syrup mixture over the top of the bacon. Sprinkle pecans over bacon and press lightly to adhere.
  4. Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Turn the bacon over and baste with remaining syrup mixture. Bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until the bacon has reached desired crispiness.
  5. Carefully remove the pan from the oven. Sprinkle hot bacon with a scant pinch of finely ground black pepper. Let the bacon rest on the rack for 5 minutes.