Bacon Crackers

bacon appetizer kid-friendly southern harpercollins snack peanut free soy free dairy free tree nut free hors d'oeuvre

Editors of Garden & Gun

Makes 48 Crackers, Serves 12

Source

Ingredients

12 bacon slices (not thick-cut)

48 saltines or buttery crackers, such as Club brand

48 fresh rosemary tips (for Herbed Bacon Crackers)

6 teaspoons dark brown sugar (for Brown Sugar Bacon Crackers)

Method

Preheat the oven to 250°F. Line the bottom of a broiler pan with foil for easy cleanup.

Cut the bacon slices in half lengthwise and then crosswire to create 4 long strips.

Arrange the crackers on a work surface and wrap a bacon strip around each cracker, overlapping the ends on top.

If making Herbed Bacon Crackers, tuck a base of rosemary tips under overlapping ends of bacon. If making Brown Sugar Bacon Crackers, carefully sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon brown sugar on the top side of each cracker, pressing to help it adhere (avoid getting sugar on the cracker or it will burn.)

Set a perforated rack on top of the foil-lined broiler pan and arrange the crackers seam-side down 1/2 apart in a single layer and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the bacon is at your desired level of crispness. Transfer the crackers to a cooling rack and cool completely before serving.