Maple Pepper Bacon
On many tables, bacon is an essential element for a full breakfast. If you look around, you can find smoked bacon, apple-cinnamon bacon (yes, really!), and chipotle-lime bacon, just to name a few. This recipe spruces up your everyday bacon with an indulgence, adding maple syrup and pepper.
Ingredients
- 10 strips thick (smoked, uncured bacon**)
- ⅓ cup Grade A pure maple syrup (amber or dark)
- ½ tsp cracked pepper (or more to taste)
Instructions
- Set your oven to 400F
- Get out a baking sheet and line it with parchment (this keeps the bacon from sticking and makes for faster cleanup)
- Lay the bacon piece by piece on the parchment (not touching)
- Bake it for about 15 minutes (it won’t be quite done yet)
- Remove the sheet from the oven
- Pour off the fat (carefully) or transfer the paper to a new baking sheet. You want to get rid of the fat.
- Mix the maple syrup and brown sugar together thoroughly
- Drizzle the syrup on the bacon (½ on each side)
- Sprinkle evenly with black pepper
- Cook the bacon again for 20 minutes
- After 10 minutes, turn the bacon over
- When the syrup is bubbly and the bacon is cooked through, it’s ready Cool
- Remove from the parchment**
- Serve!