Lloyd's Batch Candied Bacon

Name: Lloyd's Batch Candied Bacon
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 Cup Lloyd's Batch Maple Syrup (sub 100% maple syrup); 1/4 Cup brown sugar; 2 Tbl Sp Sriracha Sauce; 1 Tbl Sp Cracked Black Pepper; 1 pound thick cut bacon

Travis Wasley @cook_7745674

This candied bacon recipe started with a conversation with Lloyd's "Uncle Al" Dombek. The conversation began with a description of Al's new maple syrup, and ended with a lot of whiskey talk. The whiskey talk ended up at a story about my favorite cocktail, a Old Fashioned made with maple syrup and candided bacon. Al delivered the maple syrup the next morning for a Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, but I was already trying to figure out how to use his maple syrup for candied bacon and an Old Fashioned. What follows is Part One. Part two will be Lloyd's Batch Old Fashioned, a fantastic cocktail featuring maple syrup and candied bacon.

Travis Wasley @cook_7745674

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Ingredients

1/4 CupLloyd's Batch Maple Syrup (sub 100% maple syrup)
1/4 Cupbrown sugar
2 TblSp Sriracha Sauce
1 TblSp Cracked Black Pepper
1 poundthick cut bacon

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Steps

1

Preheat Oven to 350°
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Combine ingredients into a bowl and mix.
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Line a baking sheet with tinfoil and place cooling rack on tinfoil. Arrange bacon on rack to maximize space.
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Bake bacon for 10 minutes. Flip bacon and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
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Brush bacon on both sides with Lloyd's mixture. Bake bacon for 5 minutes. Repeat until mixture is gone.
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Bacon will become darker and stickier with every coat of glaze. Once the mixture is gone you'll want to continue baking for an additional 5-15 minutes, flipping it once to allow excess glaze to drip off.
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Allow bacon to cool for five minutes. Carefully remove the bacon off the cooling rack and transfer to a separate cooling area. Allow to cool for an additional 5-20 minutes. Serve immediately or foil and refrigerate for later. Can be stored for up to 2 weeks. Can be microwaved for a short time to return gloss to bacon.