Glazed Bacon Recipe – Maple Bourbon
Oven Baked Maple Bourbon Glazed Bacon tastes amazing and is simple to prepare. This Glazed Bacon Recipe is perfect for curing those salty-sweet cravings. Easy. Flavorful. Baked. Bacon.
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Oven Baked Glazed Bacon
Okay, so you can’t go wrong with bacon. I don’t think I need to explain how delicious bacon is . . . duh.
But, add some Bourbon Whiskey and Maple Syrup for Pure Bacon Bliss!
This Glazed Bacon Recipe is perfect for snacking on or to use in recipes.
Like my Bourbon Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Glazed Bacon Sprinkles.
Just look at that glorious glistening bacon. Bacon!
This Maple Bourbon Glazed Bacon is super easy to make. Just coat the bacon in the glaze mixture and bake in the oven until crispy.
The bacon will have a sweet candy-like outside and salty, savory inside. The bourbon flavor is very mild. Just a hint of whiskey in the background.
Use real maple syrup, grade A or grade B will work fine.
I used Jim Beam Whiskey because well, it was on sale. It tasted great in this glaze. Feel free to use your favorite bourbon whiskey.
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Maple Bourbon Glazed Bacon
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Bacon
- 2 Tb Brown Sugar
- 2 Tb Maple Syrup
- 2 tsp Bourbon Whiskey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Cut bacon strips in half. (optional)
- Mix together the brown sugar, maple syrup and whiskey.
- Transfer bacon strips to the glaze bowl and toss until evenly coated with bacon.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place a rack on top.
- Lay bacon on the rack in a flat even layer.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until crispy. Watch closely the last 5 minutes because the bacon will burn quickly)
- Cool for 5 minutes before serving.
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Check out my manly dessert creation that uses this Glazed Bacon Recipe:
Bourbon Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Glazed Bacon ‘Sprinkles’
More Manly Flavors:
Apple Bbq Pulled Pork Sandwiches
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Mmm, mmm can’t wait for those cupcakes-this is fabulous!
Thanks Tanya! I’ll have those cupcakes posted in a day or so 🙂
I. need. bacon. now. Love how you added some bourbon whiskey into the mix. Yum!
Haha, Bacon Stat! This is like bacon candy 😀
Oh wow, I won’t recover after seeing this recipe- looks amazing! I can practically smell the bacon cooking.
Thanks Ali! My house smelled like maple bacon for 2 days after making this! By the way, I love your site. I just spent some time over there last week. A spiralizer is on my Things To Buy List! I love all of your Inspiralized recipes 🙂
I am making these as we speak and the cupcakes turned out PERFECTLY!!! I used a stand mixer for the wet ingredients so maybe that helped to avoid the sour issue mentioned above. They are so light and fluffy and a perfect base! I only used 6 tbs of bourbon and added one tbs of vanilla extract. I am NOT a baking person and could not be more pleased with how these turned out. Thank you so much and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
Awesome! I’m so happy these worked out for you. Hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
What if I have maple flavored whiskey, do you think I should still use syrup?
Hi Michelle! If you think that the whiskey has enough of a maple flavor, sure go ahead and use that. If you do omit the maple syrup I would recommend increasing the brown sugar. Maybe an extra 1-2 tablespoons just to be sure that the glaze gets sticky enough.
Hi Nicole,
If I leave out the Whiskey will this recipe still work? Do i need to substitute something for it? Other than that this recipe looks amazing and i can’t wait to try it.
Thanks, From a lover of your site and recipes,
Chloe
Hi Chloe! I think the cupcakes will turn out okay if you swap the whiskey for milk. It may just change the consistency a bit. You may want to check out the original recipe that I used as a guideline for this one. It does not contain whisky. Here is the link: http://www.anniesnoms.com/2013/09/17/back-to-basics-perfect-vanilla-cupcakes/
What is the best way to store this candied bacon so it stays crisp? Looks so good!
I usually wrap my leftover bacon in wax paper then store in a ziplock bag or airtight container in the fridge. It will lose a little of the crispiness. I have seen other store bacon in glass jars but have not tried that yet.
This bacon is so good! I had to stop myself from eating it all so I had some to top the cupcakes! Thanks for a great recipe!
Haha! I feel ya. 🙂
I’m thinking to make this bacon with Brussels sprouts (trying to copy something from a restaurant). Do u think I should just follow your recipe but add raw Brussels sprouts to the mix? Does the bacon come out swimming in it’s fat?
Gosh… don’t know if anyone will see this🤞🏽Happy thanksgiving 🍁