When my children were small we would host our annual New Year’s Eve party with close friends and their children.  The kids decorated the playroom downstairs with streamers, balloons and New Year decorations.  The grown-ups would eat shrimp and fondue upstairs. At midnight the grownups would join the kids in the playroom, open champagne for us and sparkling cider for the kids and bring in the New Year complete with confetti and plastic champagne flutes.  We would pass around fortune cookies and the kids would eat the gingerbread house I made for the holidays.  The New Year always started off on the right note with smiles and friends.  The most popular appetizer among kids were the little smokey links wrapped in crescent rolls. Here is another smoky link recipe.  Pass these around at your party, they are sure to be a hit!  Happy 2015 I hope it is prosperous, healthy and safe for all of us!

Ingredients

• 1 pound Bacon, Cut Into Thirds
  
• 1 pound Smoky Links (small)
  
• 1 stick Butter
  
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
  

Directions

Preheat oven to 375F.

1. Cut the bacon into thirds and wrap each link.
   
2. Place all the wrapped links in a single layer in a baking dish.
   
3. Melt the stick of butter, add 1 cup of brown sugar and stir until mixed well.
   
4. Pour the butter and brown sugar mixture on the links and bacon.
   
5. Bake them for about 15-20 minutes and then turn the heat up to 400F for about 5 minutes or longer until the bacon becomes crispy. Watch them carefully because they will burn quick because of the glaze.
   
6. Remove from oven, remove from baking dish and place on a plate for serving.