Low Carb Maple Bacon Crack

If you’ve never had Maple Bacon Crack you have missed out. It is amazing. Sweet pastry with maple and bacon. What could be better? And now with a low carb version you have no reason not to indulge in this delicacy.

About 18 months ago my husband and I hosted a bacon party. It was absolutely delicious. Obviously, the party theme was bacon. My husband, who is an avid homebrewer, made bacon beer and we asked all of our guests to bring an appetizer or dessert that used bacon.

Our friends Dave and Melissa brought Maple Bacon Crack. The regular high carb version made with canned crescent rolls, maple syrup, and brown sugar. I ate a few more pieces of that then I should’ve. Or a few more than a few. I don’t remember what triggered my memory of maple bacon crack the other day but once I thought of it I had to make it.

Luckily, I had already cooked a pound and half of bacon that morning. I needed bacon for two other new recipes that will be coming this week. You can never have too much bacon.

I’ve used a mozzarella based dough before in recipes that called for crescent rolls so I knew if would work here. The first place I ever saw a mozzarella dough was on the blog Up Late Anyway. These cheese danish are amazing.

After the dough, I just had to replicate the brown sugar and maple syrup. From my baking experience, I knew that my sweetener blend melts in the oven. So the syrup aspect was taken care of. I just added a little molasses and maple extract to get those flavors into the pastry.

Low Carb Maple Bacon Crack – Grain & Gluten Free, THM S

Dough Ingredients:

8 oz mozzarella

2 oz cream cheese

2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)

2 tsp baking powder

2/3 cup almond flour

1/3 cup coconut flour

1 egg

Topping Ingredients:

2/3 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)

1/2 tsp maple extract

1/2 tsp molasses

5 slices thick cut bacon or 8 slices regular bacon, cooked until crisp and chopped

1 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend), optional

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375.

Put cheese in a microwave safe bowl.  Microwave one minute.  Stir.  Microwave 30 seconds.  Stir.  At this point all the cheese should be melted.  Microwave 30 more seconds until uniform and gloopy (it should look like cheese fondue at this point).  Add the rest of the dough ingredients and the cheese to a food processor. Mix using the dough blade until a uniform color. If you do not have a food processor you can mix in a medium bowl with a wooden spoon but you may need to knead it by hand to thoroughly incorporate the ingredients.  Once it is a uniform color wet your hands and press it out into a 9×12 ish rectangle on a parchment lined baking sheet.

In a small bowl stir together the 2/3 cup sweetener, maple extract, and molasses. Sprinkle half of it over the prepared dough. Top with the bacon. Sprinkle with the remaining sweetener.

Bake for 20-24 minutes. Sprinkle with additional sweetener if desired. Cut into 16 pieces.

P.S. I cut off the edges to have perfect squares. Then you have some to taste test as well.

Low Carb Maple Bacon Crack

15 minPrep Time

20 minCook Time

35 minTotal Time

Yields 8 servings

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Ingredients

Dough Ingredients:
• 8 oz mozzarella
• 2 oz cream cheese
• 2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2/3 cup almond flour
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
• 1 egg
Topping Ingredients:
• 2/3 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)
• 1/2 tsp maple extract
• 1/2 tsp molasses
• 5 slices thick cut bacon or 8 slices regular bacon, cooked until crisp and chopped
• 1 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend), optional

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Put cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave one minute. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds. Stir. At this point all the cheese should be melted. Microwave 30 more seconds until uniform and gloopy (it should look like cheese fondue at this point). Add the rest of the dough ingredients and the cheese to a food processor. Mix using the dough blade until a uniform color. If you do not have a food processor you can mix in a medium bowl with a wooden spoon but you may need to knead it by hand to thoroughly incorporate the ingredients. Once it is a uniform color wet your hands and press it out into a 9×12 ish rectangle on a parchment lined baking sheet.
3. In a small bowl stir together the 2/3 cup sweetener, maple extract, and molasses. Sprinkle half of it over the prepared dough. Top with the bacon. Sprinkle with the remaining sweetener.
4. Bake for 20-24 minutes. Sprinkle with additional sweetener if desired.

Recipe Type: dessert, snack, breakfast, brunch

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