I never really got the bacon craze. Sure, I love a good BLT as much as the next person but I’m not rushing out to buy a candy bar filled with bacon or anything like that. Given the choice, I’d choose sausage over bacon any day. (Am I allowed to say that?)

These waffles, however, changed the way I feel about bacon. The waffles just by themselves are delicious – sweet from the brown sugar and nice and crisp on the outside – but add the bacon and they are ridiculous. I could have easily eaten the entire batch and it would have been well worth the tummy ache that followed.

Make these soon. Like now.

Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles
from Joy the Baker

For the bacon:

10 slices of bacon
1/4 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Spray a baking sheet with non stick cooking spray and line with foil.  Arrange bacon in a single layer on the baking sheet.  Sprinkle generously with brown sugar.  Place in the upper third of the oven and bake until sugar is caramelized and bacon is brown and crispy, about 10 to 15 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Immediately remove bacon slices using a pair of tongs.  Place them on a cutting board (not paper towels, they’ll stick!) to cool before chopping.  Once cool, chop the bacon into bite size bits and set aside.

For the waffles:

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
2/3 cups canola or grapeseed oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups buttermilk

Set up your waffle iron on a level, clean surface and turn on to preheat.

In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar.  Whisk to blend.  In a  medium bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla extract.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold.  Once almost fully incorporated, add the bacon bites.  Stir.  Try not to over mix the batter or the waffles will become tough.  It’s ok if a few lumps remain in the batter.

Cook according to your waffle machine instructions.

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