Puffy Bacon Twists (with BBQ Ranch Sauce

• Meat

  • 1 lb Bacon, thick cut

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Barbecue sauce
  • 1/2 cup Ranch dressing

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 sheet Pepperidge farm puff pastry

• Other

  • Lots of toothpicks

Found on thefoodcharlatan.com

Ingredients

• 1 pound thick-cut bacon
• 1 sheet Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry, thawed (half a package)
• lots of toothpicks
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
• dash hot sauce to taste, I used at least a teaspoon of Sriracha.

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Layer the bacon on a metal cooling rack set on top of a large cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, or until about halfway cooked.* Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Dont turn the oven off.
• Roll out the sheet of puff pastry onto a floured surface a couple times with a rolling pin to smooth it out. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into as many strips as you have strips of bacon--for me this was 10. (Each strip was about an inch wide.)
• When the bacon is cool enough to handle, take one strip and fold it in half lengthwise. Fold a strip of dough in half lengthwise. Wrap the dough in a spiral around the folded bacon. Then twist the bacon and secure with toothpicks. See photos!
• Place the twists on a new baking sheet that has been lightly coated with nonstick spray. Bake the twists at 400 for about 12-15 minutes, or until the puff pastry is golden and the bacon is cooked. Remove and let cool.
• To make the sauce, in a small bowl combine ranch, barbecue, and hot sauce. Adjust to taste. Stir it together and serve it with the bacon twists.

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