Recipe: Yummy Maple Bacon Grits Puff

Maple Bacon Grits Puff.

You can cook Maple Bacon Grits Puff using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Maple Bacon Grits Puff

1. Prepare 8 slice of bacon.
2. You need 1 cup of quick cooking grits.
3. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of water.
4. Prepare 2 cup of 2% milk.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
6. You need 1/2 cup of maple syrup.
7. You need 4 each of eggs.
8. It's 1 of minced chives (optional).
9. It's 1 of shredded cheddar cheese (optional).

Maple Bacon Grits Puff instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (F)..
2. Cook bacon in skillet until crispy..
3. Crumble bacon into bits. Use paper towels to absorb excess grease. Save about 2 tablespoons of grease for use later..
4. Combine milk, water and salt in large saucepan and bring to boil..
5. Stir in grits. Cover and reduce to medium-low heat. Stirring occasionally, cook 5-7 minutes until thickened..
6. Remove from heat and stir in half of the bacon, the maple syrup and the two tablespoons of bacon grease..
7. In a small bowl, lightly beat a small amount of the grits mixture together with the 4 eggs. Add the egg mixture back into the grits mixture..
8. Transfer the mixture to an eight-inch square glass baking pan. Bake for one hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean out grits clumps..
9. Remove from oven and top with remaining bacon, chives, and cheese..
10. Allow to cool 5 minutes before serving..
11. Recipe courtesy Kelline Pickett via Google+.