Name: Bacon Wrapped Dates with Maple Syrup
Ingredients: 32 pitted dates; 32-64 shelled pistachios 1-2 per date; 1 lb. lean thin bacon, each strip cut into 3-4 pieces depending on size of date; 1 C maple syrup for drizzling

Bacon Wrapped Dates with Maple Syrup

Author: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Ingredients

Scale

32 pitted dates
32–64 shelled pistachios 1-2 per date
1 lb. lean thin bacon, each strip cut into 3–4 pieces depending on size of date
1 C maple syrup for drizzling

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Make a slit in each date and stuff with 1-2 pistachios.
Wrap each date with a piece of bacon so that the bacon just overlaps.
Place seam side down on the cookie sheet.
Brush lightly with maple syrup.
Bake until bacon is crisp, about 5 minutes each side.
Dates can be made ahead of time and frozen.
Bake for 8-10 minutes per side if frozen.
Drizzle with maple syrup.