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Something for New Year's Eve.

Bacon Candy, or Bacon Brittle.

A Black Lager sounds good with it.


Bacon Candy

1lb regular-sliced Hickory-Smoked Bacon (thick sliced will be more like jerky, thin will crisp-up better. Both are good)
½ cup light brown sugar
¼ to ½ (or more) tea. cayenne pepper

Preheat oven to 350*
Place light brown sugar (packed) and cayenne pepper in a bowl, mix thoroughly, set aside.

Arrange bacon on a broiler pan, or cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil.
Cook for 15 to 20 minutes at 350 to 375*F.
If the slices at the ends of the pan are cooking faster than those in the middle, swap them.
Turn bacon ... apply topping - making sure each slice is evenly coated. By using at least the entire 1/2 cup of topping, it will gave a nice coating to each piece - the excess will just melt off ... cook another 20-30 minutes at 350 to 375, or until done. Watch that topping does not burn!

Bacon Brittle
To above recipe, sprinkle on top of bacon after sugar mixture has been applied - 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, peanuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios or a mix), then bake.

If you let the bacon cool after baking, the sugar will harden and it can be broken into pieces like brittle.

Good served with a sweet/hot mustard dip.

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Yum. A breakfast stout, oatmeal stout or coffee stout would be also be a good pairing. Founder's breakfast stout would be at the top of my personal list for this pairing.