Bacon Maple Ice Cream

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 8 slices maple bacon
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup vanilla sugar
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon maple flavoring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 bacon:.
• 2 pre heat oven to 400°f.
• 3 mix the 1 tablespoon of syrup and the 1/4 cup brown sugar to form a paste.
• 4 lay the bacon out on a cooling rack on a lined sheet pan (lining the sheet pan will save you some nasty clean up.
• 5 spread the paste on one side of the bacon and then bake for 10 minutes.
• 6 pull out bacon and turn each slice over. spread the paste the other side of the bacon and out back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
• 7 pull bacon out and turn it over again, then bake for another 5-10 minutes, or until bacon is evenly glazed.
• 8 cool completely and then chop into small pieces.
• 9 maple ice cream:.
• 10 combine all the ice cream ingredients except the bacon in a medium sauce pan and heat to 170°f.
• 11 cool completely before adding to your ice ream maker.
• 12 follow you ice cream makers directions, but the basics are
• 13 make sure you machine has been in the freezer for 24 hours and that the mixture is chilled completely.
• 14 add the mixture to the machine while it's running.
• 15 wait until the ice cream is at a soft serve consistancy before adding the bacon pieces.
• 16 put the ice cream in an airtight container and put in the freezer for a few hours before enjoying.