29 baking bacon recipes

A "quick" kicked-up slow cooker or CrockPot baked beans recipe. Starting with canned baked beans and augmented with two more kinds of beans, bacon, and onions, get this recipe on the table in record time.

Buttermilk pancakes made with bacon drippings and folded egg whites for impossibly tall, fluffy stacks with a smoky-savory undercurrent. Twenty minutes from bowl to plate. Old-school Southern breakfast.

Classic Irish oatcakes are five-ingredient unleavened oat rounds bound with bacon fat and boiling water, baked thin and crisp. Traditional Irish breakfast or teatime bread.

Authentic Irish oatcakes: rustic four-ingredient oat triangles cooked on a bakestone with bacon drippings or beef fat. Pair with butter, cheese, jam or smoked fish. Centuries-old Celtic staple.

Quick microwave baked bean casserole with crispy bacon, brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard. Bubbly and smoky in just 30 minutes. Add franks or ham for a hearty main.

Slow cooker baked beans with bacon, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, ketchup, and mustard. A dump-and-go crockpot side dish that simmers all day for a sticky, smoky-sweet cookout classic.

Root beer baked beans with bacon, barbecue sauce, dry mustard, and hot sauce simmered together on the stovetop. A sweet, smoky, slightly spicy side dish ready in 40 minutes.

Cajun chicken sauce piquant with a dark roux, Chablis wine, tomato sauce, stuffed olives, and hot pepper sauce, slow-cooked for hours and served over spaghetti. Big-batch Cajun cooking.

Crispy, savory potato-bacon cups made with creamy cottage cheese, turkey bacon, and seasoned potatoes. Perfect for breakfast or a side dish, these golden-brown cups are easy to prepare and baked to perfection. Serves 4.

Bean lovers will love this delicious from-scratch Crockpot baked beans dish that features deep, rich flavors of coffee, molasses, and bacon. Instant Pot Baked beans instructions are also included.

Welsh trout and bacon (Brithyll a Chig Moch) stuffs whole rainbow trout with fresh herbs and butter, wraps it in bacon, and bakes it in foil. Simple, rustic, and brilliant.

The Colonel’s Baked Beans used to be baked and made fresh daily. Now there made with a can of Navy Beans made by Hanover and a bag of sauce and precooked frozen bacon. When it is needed, it is just microwave and there you go.

Candied pumpkin baked with sugar until syrupy and topped with bacon. A 3-ingredient Southern-style sweet pumpkin side dish with smoky, salty contrast from the bacon.

Old-fashioned baked beans cooked low in a sweet, sticky sauce of molasses, brown sugar, and ketchup, then blanketed with bacon and baked until bubbling. A back-porch barbecue side that disappears fast.

Kansas City baked beans: navy beans baked low with bacon, bell peppers, barbecue sauce, molasses, and apple cider. Sweet, tangy, and smoky KC-style beans built for BBQ plates.

Frijoles rancheros with pinto beans, crispy bacon, jalapenos, beer, and tomato paste baked until bubbly. A smoky, spicy Mexican-style bean casserole.