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candied bacon on a cooling rack

Millionaire Candied Bacon

Source: donuts2crumpets
Sweet and spicy candied bacon made with brown sugar, red pepper flakes, chipotle powder, white pepper and a pinch of cayenne.
Servings: 6
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 32 minutes
5 from 9 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound thick cut bacon
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 Tbsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 tsp chipotle chili pepper powder (or 1 tsp ancho chili powder)
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.
  • In a 9×13 pan, (or you can use a gallon storage bag), mix the brown sugar, red pepper flakes, chipotle chili pepper, white pepper and cayenne pepper all together until well combined.
  • Drop the bacon one piece at a time in to the sugar mixture making sure to get both sides well coated and place each piece on the baking pan close together. (It will shrink while cooking.)
  • Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over the top of the bacon pieces and gently pat it down.
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Using tongs, flip the bacon over in the pan and cook an additional 8-12 minutes on the other side or until nice and caramelized.
  • Line a cooling rack with parchment paper.
  • Remove from the oven, wait a minute, then transfer the bacon to the cooling rack that has been lined with parchment paper and let it cool.