Bacon

Bacon Wrapped Dates

Last week I went on a whirlwind trip to San Francisco for work.  It was a great meeting with great people but what I really couldn't stop thinking about were the bacon wrapped dates we had at a dinner.  They had some cheese in them but I figured all I really needed was some bacon and some dates.  I was right.  Fortunately I already dried dates in the house for baking purposes so I really needed was bacon.  There are so many ways to make this recipe your own and I encourage you to try them out and do just that.  Great potential additions would be blue cheese, pecans, you name it, it might taste good.  For now though, I stand by the fact that all you really need are bacon and dates.  



(By the way, this is a horrible picture but the priority was eating them not viewing them.)


Yield: Serves 4 Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes 
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

10 pieces of bacon (cut in half)
20 dried dates

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Soak dried dates in water for 10 minutes over stove stop and bring to a boil.  Simmer for 10 minutes. 
  3. Wrap each piece of bacon tightly around one date and secure with a tooth pick.
  4. Arrange on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.  
  5. Bake for 20 minutes or until bacon is crispy.