Bakin’ Bacon Bites
You get home from school – famished as usual – and rifle through the cabinets searching for something sweet. But then you come across something salty. And crispy. And that age-old debate begins: Sweet? Salty? Sweet? Salty? While you’re pondering, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. You can have your salt and sweet it too.
This snack not only fulfills your cravings, it gives your body something substantial to work with while you’re doing your homework or getting ready for gymnastics practice. If you’re going to make one or two of these little bites for yourself, you might as well make a whole batch because once that bacon smell is in the house everybody will come looking for the source.
Ingredients
10 slices of bacon, cut in half cross-wise to yield 20 pieces
20 cubes of pineapple, either fresh or from a can (If you use canned pineapple, make sure it’s unsweetened.)
If you don't have pineapple, or you're in the mood for really sweet, substitute 20 dried dates for the pineapple.
To Prepare
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Wrap a half slice of bacon around each cube of fruit, tucking the ends of the bacon underneath the fruit.
Arrange the wrapped fruit bacon-ends-down on an aluminum-foil-covered baking sheet that has raised edges.
Bake for about 7 minutes, then take out the sheet and turn over the little bacon bites and return to the oven. Cook about 7 minutes more or until the bacon is crispy.
Enjoy!
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