Bacon Wrapped Smokies

Ingredients

• 1 package (16 Oz. Size) Little Smokies Sausages
• 1 pound Bacon, strips cut into thirds
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, for sprinkling

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Cut the bacon slices in thirds and wrap each smokie with a third strip of bacon.
Place all the wrapped smokies in a single layer in a 9x13 baking dish.

Then melt the butter and mix brown sugar with butter.

Pour the butter/brown sugar mixture over the smokies.

Bake for about an hour or until bacon is nice and crisp.

Bacon-Wrapped Sausages

Ingredients:

1 pound bacon
1 (16 ounce) package little smokie sausages
1 cup brown sugar, or to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cut bacon into thirds
3. Wrap each strip around a little sausage and secure with a toothpick.
4. Place on a foil-lined cookie sheet.
4. Sprinkle sausages liberally with brown sugar.
5. Bake until bacon is crisp and the brown sugar melted. (usually takes 30 minutes plus)

Perfect Bacon

Thanks to Culinary Arts for sharing this easy way to make bacon...easy clean up too!

1.Line a baking sheet with foil. This will make cleanup easier later.

2.Arrange bacon slices on the foil and place the baking sheet on the center rack of a cold oven. Close oven door. Turn oven on to 400°F. Walk away.

3.Come back 17 to 20 minutes later. As soon as the bacon is golden brown, but not excessively crisp, it's done. The exact time will depend on the thickness of the bacon slices, and also on how quickly your oven reaches the target temperature.

4.Remove the pan from the oven. Transfer the bacon to another sheet pan lined with paper towels to absorb the fat.

Tips:
1.Don't pre-heat the oven! Make sure the oven is cold when you put the bacon in.
2.Keep your eye on the bacon during the final few minutes of cooking to make sure it doesn't burn. Also, remove the cooked bacon from the hot pan right away. The heat from the pan and the hot bacon fat will continue cooking the bacon.
3.You can slightly undercook the bacon, then cool it and freeze it in a zipper bag. Then, to reheat, cook two slices in the microwave on medium power for 30 seconds or so.