It`s a bacon bonanza!

S av v y s ho p p e r
It’s a bacon
bonanza!
Americans
eat more than
2 billion
pounds of
bacon
each year.
Standard
Center cut
Slices of pork belly are cured with
salt and either dry-smoked or
seasoned with liquid smoke.
Sliced closer to the middle of the
pork belly, center cut bacon is
typically lower in fat than standard.
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Boar’s Head Naturally Smoked
Imported Bacon ($6.49 for 16 oz)
Oscar Mayer Center Cut
Bacon ($5 for 12 oz)
Thick sliced
Turkey
Almost double the thickness of
standard bacon, thick sliced holds its
shape better during cooking.
Made from turkey thighs and/or
breast, turkey bacon can be lower in
saturated fat than standard pork.
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Wellshire Thick Sliced Dry
Rubbed All Natural Uncured
Bacon ($5.99 for 12 oz)
fuss-free cooking
Godshall’s Turkey Bacon
($3.99 for 12 oz)
Feed a crowd with less mess by
baking your bacon. Heat the oven
to 400°F, lay the strips on a wire rack
over a baking sheet and bake until
crisp, 18 to 20 minutes. Bonus: The
bacon stays flat and neat.
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cost
per bun
91¢
Heat oven to 350°F. Cook 6
slices bacon (cut crosswise
into 1-in. pieces) in a medium
skillet over medium heat
until beginning to brown,
3 to 4 minutes; transfer to
a paper towel–lined plate.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl,
combine ¼ cup each maple
syrup and firmly packed
light brown sugar and ½ cup
roughly chopped pecans.
Stir in the bacon and divide
among 8 muffin cups of a
12-cup muffin tin. Place 8
refrigerated biscuits (we used
Pillsbury Flaky Golden Layers)
on a sheet of wax paper and
sprinkle with ¼ tsp ground
cinnamon. Place biscuits,
cinnamon-side up, over the
bacon mixture in each of
the cups, gently pressing to
fit. Bake until the biscuits
are golden brown, 18 to 20
minutes. Remove from the
oven and immediately invert
onto a baking sheet. Let cool
for 5 minutes before serving.
bottom: lisa hubbard; food styling by vivian lui; prop styling by cindy diprima.
Active: 10 min ♦ Total: 35 min
makes: 8
Woman’s Day editors taste-tested bacons and
picked the best varieties for you to bring home.
Try some in this delicious, unexpected baked treat.
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Maple, bacon &
pecan sticky buns