Apples With Candied Bacon à La Mode Recipes

MAPLE APPLE CRUMBLE WITH CANDIED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400^.Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.. Candied Bacon Mixture #2: Put each bacon strip in the brown sugar and coat evenly ; pressing the sugar into the bacon; then sprinkle on the pepper and place on wire rack in the prepared baking pan in a single layer. Bake for about 12 minutes or until deep red and caramelized. Check often as cooking time may vary as to the thickness of the bacon. Use tongs to place on a cutting board to cool completely. Chop up when cooled.
• Apple Maple Filling: In a 12-inch square casserole dish, combine the apple pieces, maple liqueur, vanilla bean seeds, and nutmeg. Mix together to combine.
• Crumb Topping: Turn down oven to 375^. In a big bowl, combine the ingredients ,except the butter. Mix well- add the butter pieces and blend in with a pastry blender. Evenly distribute the crumbs over the apple mixture and bake for 40 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the filling is bubbling.
• When serving place in bowls and top each bowl with 2 Tablespoons of the candied bacon and sprinkle on a bit of cinnamon schnapps,if desired; or a little dribble of heavy cream or whipped topping with a little caramel sauce. OH IT'S SO GOOD!

CARAMELIZED MAPLE APPLE PIE WITH CANDIED BACON CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place bacon on a baking sheet and sprinkle 1 tablespoon brown sugar over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crisp, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Line a 9-inch springform pan with pie crust pastry; refrigerate.
• Combine apples and lemon juice in a bowl and toss to coat.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; add maple syrup and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer until mixture is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Carefully add apples and stir well to coat. Cook until apples just start to soften and get a bit of color on them, about 5 minutes. Return the apples to the bowl leaving behind the sweet syrup.
• Stir vinegar into sweet syrup; simmer until syrup is reduced and consistency of maple syrup, about 5 minutes. Carefully pour syrup over the apples. Cool for 10 minutes.
• Combine flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup unsalted butter, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor; pulse until crumbly. Break bacon into pieces, add to food processor, and pulse until combined with the crumble.
• Tip apples into the pie crust in the springform pan. Fold dough over part of the apple filling to form an edge. Crimp the edges between your fingers. Top the apple filling with the crumble. Brush crust with cream and top with white sugar.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven until the juices bubble and the crust is deeply golden, about 1 hour. If the crust starts to brown too quickly turn the oven down to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

BACON APPLES

Steps:

• Build a campfire and allow the fire to burn until it has accumulated a bed of coals. Rake the coals into a flat bed on one side of the fire. Alternatively, preheat an outdoor grill.
• Place apples in a loaf pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl; spoon into each apple.
• Place the loaf pan into the campfire or on the grill; cook for about 3 minutes. Carefully remove the pan from the fire and sprinkle bacon over apples. Place in the fire or on the grill for about 5 minutes more.