I think this will be in my New Year's Eve / Day meal planning somewhere.
1/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 T. rice wine vinegar 2 T. maple syrup ground black pepper 1 lb. thick cut bacon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix brown sugar, rice vinegar, maple syrup & black pepper in a small bowl.
Place bacon slices on cooling rack set over a baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, turn slices, and bake for another 5 minutes.
Remove bacon and brush both sides with brown sugar mix. Return to oven and bake another 5 minutes and repeat to baste every 5 minutes or so. Cook until bacon is browned and crisp, 40 minutes or so.
Will feed as many people as 1 lb of bacon will feed, but it will go fast. Definitely need thick bacon for this.
I have had it before, and added more maple syrup than what this recipe called for, but it was really good. I don't think I had any rice vinegar first time I tried it, and it was still really good.