Bedeviled Bacon

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 slices thick bacon (1/2 to 3/4 pound)
• 1 extra-large egg
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup commercial cracker meal

Recipe

• 1 cut the bacon slices in half widthwise; set aside.
• 2 in a small mixing bowl, place the egg, mustard, cayenne pepper, and vinegar; using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed until blended and smooth. pour the egg mixture into a pie pan; set aside.
• 3 sprinkle the cracker meal over a 1-foot-square piece of waxed paper; set aside.
• 4 dip the bacon pieces in the egg mixture; then, dredge lightly in the cracker meal and place, single layer, on ungreased broiler racks over broiler pans. let stand 15 minutes.
• 5 bake the bacon in a preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes. watch carefully during the last few minutes of baking, as the bacon can overbrown quickly at the end of the baking period.