Bacon Brittle

Holy Bacon Brittle! 

I've not tried this recipe yet but my gosh...how can you go wrong with nuts, sugar AND Bacon! 

Bacon Brittle

1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1 stick of butter
1 1/2 cups mixed nuts
1 tsp salt
16 halved bacon pieces, cooked
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Cook sugar, light corn syrup and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until a candy thermometer registers 260 degrees, 10 - 12 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter, mixed nuts and salt. Place back on heat and cook, undisturbed, until 285 degrees is reached, 5 -10 minutes. Stir in the halved cooked bacon slices, the baking soda and vanilla. Cook, stirring, until darkened, 1- 2 minutes. Pour onto a buttered foil-lined baking sheet. Let cool, then break into pieces. Enjoy.

It just has to be good!

If you try it come back and let us know how it turned out, what challenges you had and what changes you may have made.



Recipe and photo from Food Network Magazine, 100 Recipes for Butter Lovers supplement, Volume 12, Number 3. April, 2019

Baked Eggs

Want your eggs and bacon together? 

Baked Eggs

Ingredients:

Spray oil

6 each of:

    strips of bacon

    basil leaves

    eggs

Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat the cups of a 6-cup muffin pan with spray oil. Line each cup with one strip of bacon and place a basil leaf on top of the bacon. Crack an egg into each cup. Salt and pepper to taste. Spray each egg with a couple sprays of the oil to keep top of egg from getting tough.  Bake 15 minutes for soft center egg and 20 - 25 minutes for hard centered egg. 

Serves 3