I had some extra pig shortbread cookies left over from the Pretty-in-Pink Shortbread Pigs. I decided to play on the pig theme and add on two more key ingredients we know and love: chocolate and bacon. Candied bacon to be exact - strips of thick cut bacon, basted with maple syrup and baked in the oven until crisp and crunchy - like bacon candy!
Maple-Candied Bacon
Ingredients
1 pound thick sliced bacon, good quality
1/2 cup maple syrup
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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.
Generously baste the top of the bacon with the syrup, and bake 12 to 15 minutes. Turn the bacon over and baste with more of the syrup mixture. Bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until the bacon has reached desired crispiness.
I made a quick ganache using some milk and 60% dark chocolate from Ghiradelli. Ray wasn't too fond of the Ghiradelli chocolate flavor - maybe a milk chocolate would have paired better with the bacon? The chocolate was spread on each cookie and sprinkled with chopped candied bacon - YUM!
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