Bacon Baked Apple Salad

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 apples (the type is up to you. i used gala)
• 8 slices bacon (if using thicker slices of bacon, use only 4)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 bunches spinach
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 wash and core apples. hull out some of the flesh and reserve it in a bowl. make sure to leave a majority of the apple in tact. you don't want to empty out too much of it.
• 3 in a skillet or microwave (however you prefer to prepare it) cook up your bacon. reserve bacon grease. you will use this later for the salad dressing.
• 4 in a bowl combine the apple meat, chopped or crumbled bacon, brown sugar, pecans, raisins, and butter.
• 5 fill the apples with the bacon mixture and place in a baking dish.
• 6 pour apple cider vinegar over apples and sprinkle with a little bit of sugar.
• 7 bake in oven for 30-40 minutes or until apples are tender.
• 8 while apples are baking, wash and prepare the spinach leaves for the salad.
• 9 to make the dressing, combine the reserved bacon grease with the dijon mustard, salt, and pepper. mix well in a bowl and pour over spinach. toss completely.
• 10 to serve, place baked apples on a bed of the spinach salad and enjoy!