Description
A family favorite my uncle makes. They are a wonderful balance between salty and sweet, with a combination of crispy, chewy, and crunchy textures. My family destroys a tray of these in fifteen minutes.
Ingredients
- 20 wooden toothpicks
- ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- 20 dates, pitted and left whole
- 20 whole smoked almonds
- 10 bacon slices, cut in half crosswise
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Soak the toothpicks in a bowl of water. Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- In a bowl
- mix together the soy sauce and ground ginger. Place the brown sugar into a shallow bowl. Spread open a pitted date
- then stuff it with a smoked almond. Wrap the date with half a bacon slice
- secure it with a toothpick
- dip the bundle in soy sauce mixture
- and then dip it into brown sugar. Place the wrapped dates into the prepared baking dish. If desired
- sprinkle a little more brown sugar over the bundles.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the bacon is brown and crisp
- 15 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes before serving; serve warm or at room temperature.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 20