devils on horseback

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 20 wooden toothpicks
• 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 20 dates, pitted and left whole
• 20 whole smoked almonds
• 10 bacon slices, cut in half crosswise

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). soak the toothpicks in a bowl of water. grease a 9x13-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.