Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Arrange bacon on the baking sheet in a single layer; edges can touch or slightly overlap. Sprinkle brown sugar generously on top. Sprinkle pecans over the sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and glazed, 10 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar, yeast, and 1/3 cup warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook until yeast dissolves. Let sit until foamy, 5-10 minutes. Whisk flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• Mix eggs into yeast mixture. With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients and mix until dough comes together into a ball. Gradually add 1 cup butter, pausing often to allow dough to fully incorporate butter before adding more. Increase speed to high and mix until dough is smooth, elastic, and pulls away from the sides of the bowl (dough will still be very soft and somewhat sticky), 5-10 minutes longer. Transfer to a buttered medium bowl and cover with plastic wrap; let sit in a warm spot until doubled in size, 1 1/2-2 1/2 hours.
• Just before dough is ready, bring syrup and cacao nibs to a simmer over low heat in a small saucepan and cook 5 minutes. Let cool.
• Sprinkle pearl sugar over dough and mix in with a wooden spoon. Divide dough into 8 pieces. Heat a Belgian waffle iron until very hot; coat with nonstick spray. Place a piece of dough over each well (keep remaining pieces covered). Cook until waffles are golden brown and sugar is caramelized in spots, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; repeat with remaining pieces of dough. Let waffles cool slightly. Serve topped with bacon, plums, ricotta, and almonds and drizzled with cacao-nib syrup.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in medium skillet over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until browned and almost crisp, stirring occasionally; drain on paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from skillet. (reserve remaining drippings to brush over waffle iron, if desired.) Heat oven to 250. Place wire rack on large rimmed baking sheet. Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Heat waffle iron until hot. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks in medium bowl until smooth. Whisk in milk, butter and reserve 2 tablespoons bacon drippings until blended. (Butter can be used instead of drippings in the batter.) Make a well in center of flour mixture. Pour in egg yolk mixture; whisk until almost smooth. Beat egg whites in small bowl at medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Stir one-third of the egg whites into waffle batter to lighten; gently fold in remaining egg whites. Fold in bacon. Lightly brush waffle iron with some of the remaining reserved bacon drippings. (Canola oil can be used instead of drippings.) Pour ½ - 2/3 cup batter per waffle onto waffle iron (exact amount depends on size of waffle iron). Cook 2 ½ - 4 minutes or until crisp and golden brown, or cook waffles according to manufacturer's directions for iron. Arrange waffles on rack on baking sheet; place in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter.

Steps:

• Whisk eggs, buttermilk and melted butter in a large bowl. In another bowl stir dry ingredients together, then add to egg mixture and whisk just until smooth. Let batter rest briefly.
• Heat a waffle iron and butter lightly or spray with nonstick cooking spray (even nonstick waffle irons require this step). Ladle batter onto iron (about 1/4 cup for an 8-inch round iron), close, and cook just until light golden brown. Serve immediately.