Maple Bacon Snap
A 4-ingredient snack that’s darn near irresistible.
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You can grab a ready-made snack from the kitchen, sure. Or, you can take four simple ingredients and spend about five minutes of prep to produce a snack that’s so good it’s downright close to addictive. Not a cracker but definitely not a candy, Maple Bacon Snap is an easy appetizer that balances sweet and salty with an irresistible amount of crunch. Whenever and wherever you serve it — game day, potluck, holiday party, after school snack — it’ll be the first plate empty, guaranteed.
What Ingredients Do You Need for Maple Bacon Snap?
You only need four ingredients! They are:
- Bacon. (A thicker sliced one works well.)
- A can of crescent rolls.
- Maple syrup. (The real stuff, please.)
- Brown sugar.
So many great things start with a can of crescent rolls, don’t they?
How Do You Make Maple Bacon Snap?
Well that’s almost as easy as the ingredients list!
You start by cooking your bacon, which I’m sure you’ve done before. You can use your favorite method — oven or stovetop — just make sure that you don’t take it all the way to crispy as it’ll cook more in the last step in the oven.
While that bacon is cooking, take your crescent roll dough and press the whole sheet into a baking pan. If you can find the sheet version, great; if you have the roll version, simply press those seams together so the dough is cohesive.
Then, drizzle half of the maple syrup over the dough and sprinkle it with half of the brown sugar. Crumble that bacon over the top and then top it with the rest of the maple syrup and the rest of the brown sugar.
I know it doesn’t look like much yet, but the key word is yet. Next, it goes in the oven and magic happens.
The bacon gets crispy, which is always a great thing, but the brown sugar and the maple syrup caramelize around it into a candied crack. That crescent roll dough? It bakes up into a crunchy base that absorbs some of the bacon fat and maple-sugar goodness. It’s not as hard as a cracker but has a flaky crunch that goes wonderfully with the candy snap and the crunch of the bacon. It’s irresistible stuff, I’m telling you!
Maple Bacon Snap
Yield(s): Serves 8
5m prep time
30m cook time
Allergens: Gluten
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Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon
- 1 package refrigerated crescent rolls or sheet
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a skillet over medium to medium-high heat, cook the bacon until mostly crisp. (Don't go too far as it will cook further in the oven.)
- Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain.
- Roll out crescent roll dough and pinch seams together to form a cohesive sheet of dough. Place in prepared baking sheet and stretch dough out as needed to reach the edges. Prick dough all over with a fork.
- Drizzle half of the maple syrup over the dough, then sprinkle with half of the brown sugar.
- Crumble cooked bacon then sprinkle evenly over the dough.
- Top evenly with remaining maple syrup and brown sugar.
- Bake until bacon is crispy and crescent dough has cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before breaking or cutting into bite-sized pieces. Enjoy!