Recipe: (Anita's) Runamok Candied Bacon

I'm still in NY.  Dad is doing much better (thank God). 





I want to share a recipe I made for Dave and I when we took Amtrak to the Fancy Food Show in NYC.  Nothing like a nice bottle of wine and charcuterie with candied bacon. 

(Anita's) Runamok Candied Bacon
6 sliced bacon
1/4 c. + 1 Tbl. packed light brown sugar
1/4 c. + plus more for drizzling, 
     Runamok Bourbon Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup
black pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 275 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.  Place a wire rack on top of that.  Set aside.

Place bacon in a medium bowl.  Add 1/4 cup Maple Syrup and toss to coat bacon.  **Lay bacon strips on baking rack.  Sprinkle each slice of bacon with black pepper. Crumble brown sugar on each bacon strip.  Drizzle Maple Syrup on each bacon strip.

Bake for 1-1/4 hours.  Remove from oven.  Let cool.  Cut each bacon slice in half.  Serve.

**This is how I place the bacon on my wire rack to cook.