crack bacon

It's called crack bacon because it's so good, it's addicting! Not to mention that it so simple! My girlfriends and I took a cooking class in Savannah, at the 700 Cooking School and Chef Darin shared this recipe with us. Do yourself a favor, make it with other people around, so you don't eat it all yourself! The black pepper adds just the right "bite" with the brown sugar.

Preheat the oven to 350
1 lb thick sliced bacon
brown sugar
fresh ground black pepper

Press bacon into the brown sugar

place on parchment-lined cookie sheet and add the fresh ground pepper

bake for 10-15 minutes or until bacon is browned, don't burn the sugar

let cool and place on a plate

enjoy!

We like to put this on cheeseburgers. It goes great with smoked cheddar cheese! 

must have

Fresh ground black pepper. It just has a different taste than regular pepper powder. Most pepper-mills let you adjust how fine or coarse you want it. I usually keep mine on medium.
I keep it filled with McCormick black peppercorns, but you could go fancier if you like.

This is my must have for the week.