Baked Sunday Mornings: Maple Cupcake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Bacon

Everything is good with bacon....right?  When I saw that the baked group was  making these maple cupcakes I  went out and bought some maple syrup from the Amish at the flea market and knew that I wanted to top them off with this candied bacon recipe that I have been itching to try!  I halved the recipe because we are just 3 in this household and 24 cupcakes are just way too many.  The cupcakes were light, moist and not overly sweet which is a good thing because the frosting is plenty sweet but soooo good!  I topped it off with toasted walnuts and my candied bacon....a perfect touch!

Look and see what the other bakers did and get the recipe here.  I will add the candied bacon recipe to this post.  

Enjoy!

Candied Bacon

source: Recipegirl.com

Yield: 12 slices of bacon

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 15 min

Addicting. Seriously.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
12 slices center-cut bacon (don't use extra-thick bacon)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and set a rack on top (like a cookie cooling rack). Spray the rack with nonstick spray.
2. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Dip bacon slices in the cinnamon-sugar, coating both sides, and place the coated bacon strips on the rack. I like to poke the bacon into the grooves of the rack in a few places so your bacon will come out looking a little wavy.
3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until the bacon appears to be caramelized and somewhat crispy. Watch closely after 15 minutes since the sugar can begin to burn when left in too long. Serve immediately.