Brown Sugar Bacon

Fact:  this is one of the most delicious things you'll ever make.  Of course it's delicious.  It's BACON with BROWN SUGAR!  Do two more delightful ingredients exist?  I think not. The surprising part is how easy it is to make.  Read on, my friend, and you can thank me later...

Brown Sugar Bacon

Ingredients:

7-8 slices bacon of your choice (I prefer center cut - thicker cuts work better)
1/3 cup dark brown sugar

Preheat your oven to 375.  Line a cookie sheet with foil.  Spray lightly with cooking spray.  I know this seems unnecessary, but the brown sugar makes it super sticky.  Better to be safe than sorry.

Next lay the bacon slices on the prepared cookie sheet.

Pour your brown sugar into a dish.  You can't be all digging around in your brown sugar box with your bacon-y hands.

Next, simply grab some brown sugar and rub it onto the bacon slices.

Try to coat the slices pretty thickly and evenly.

Once they're done they'll look like this:

And this:

Once all slices are coated, pop the tray into the oven.  Bake for 15-20 minutes.  I'm giving a range here because you'll have to watch it closely at the end.  Every oven is a little different.  It will also vary based on how crunchy vs chewy you like your bacon.  Mine was perfect at 18 minutes.

Nice and browned and caramelized!

As you can see, there will be some residual grease on the foil.  At this point, remove each bacon slice and lightly dab on a paper towel, then place on a clean plate.  You don't want to leave this sitting on the paper towel because it will STICK horribly.  Just trust me here, you don't want your brown sugar bacon accented with Bounty.  Lightly dab, plate, then move on with your life.

Lovely!

And if that's not good, nothing is.