Pull Apart Loaf with Maple Bacon

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Line a 8x4x3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving extra on sides for easy removal of pastry from pan after baking. Set aside.
3. Cook bacon in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towels and finely chop.
4. Stir sugar, cinnamon, black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl.
5. Unfold 1 pastry sheet on work surface. Roll sheet into a 12x10-inch rectangle.
6. Sprinkle pastry sheet with sugar mixture. Top with pecans and bacon. Lightly roll with a rolling pin to press toppings into pastry. Cut pastry sheet into 4 strips (10x3-inch). Repeat with remaining pastry sheet.
7. Arrange 4 pastry strips into one 4-layer stack. Cut stack crosswise to form 4 stacked squares. Repeat with remaining pastry strips. Place stacked squares on their sides in loaf pan.
8. Bake 55 minutes or until pastry is deep golden brown. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 1 hour. Remove pastry to a serving plate.
9. Stir confectioners' sugar, syrup, water and 2 pinches salt in a small bowl. Drizzle mixture over pastry.