MAPLE BACON PECAN BRITTLE

Maple Bacon Pecan Brittle image

I adapted this recipe one night after having seen a peanut-bacon brittle on TV. It is sooooo good. I have trouble waiting for this stuff to cool before eating!

Provided by Ry

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 1h

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
½ cup water
6 tablespoons light corn syrup
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup crumbled, cooked maple bacon
1 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

Bring sugar, water, corn syrup, and maple syrup to a boil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Heat to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball.
Stir pecans and vanilla into syrup mixture until mixture begins to turn brown; add bacon. Cook until bacon mixture turns light brown, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir baking soda into bacon mixture. Pour brittle out onto a sheet of parchment paper set on a heat-proof surface and cool brittle to room temperature before breaking into pieces, at least 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 139.6 calories, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 7.4 mg, Fat 7.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 223 mg, Sugar 13.1 g