Bacon-Wrapped Dates

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Dates
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 24 Medjool dates, pitted; 4 oz soft goat cheese; 24 whole almonds; 12 slices thin-cut bacon, halved; 1 tbsp maple syrup; Black pepper

Appetizers Gluten-Free

Medjool dates stuffed with goat cheese and an almond, wrapped in bacon and roasted until the edges crackle and the centers go completely molten.

Course: Appetizers
Time: 40 min
Servings: 8

Cooking Notes

Keep the filling modest so the dates can close around it and the bacon can wrap tightly. Overfilled dates tend to split open before the bacon has time to crisp.
Arrange the wrapped dates seam-side down with space between them. Airflow and direct pan heat help the bacon brown instead of steaming where the pieces touch.
Rotate the pan or turn the dates if one side is browning faster. Let them cool for a minute before serving because the centers and any filling stay much hotter than the exterior suggests.

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Bacon-Wrapped Dates

By Gabriella

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Category: Appetizers
Total Time: 40 min
Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 8

Ingredients

24 Medjool dates, pitted
4 oz soft goat cheese
24 whole almonds
12 slices thin-cut bacon, halved
1 tbsp maple syrup
Black pepper

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 400F and set a wire rack inside a foil-lined sheet pan so the bacon fat drains away.
2
Slit each date along one side, tuck in a small pinch of goat cheese and one almond, and press it closed.
3
Wrap each date in a half slice of bacon and secure it with a toothpick pushed all the way through.
4
Arrange them seam side down on the rack, grind pepper over the top, and roast for twenty minutes.
5
Brush them with maple syrup, roast five minutes more until the bacon crisps, and let them cool briefly before serving.