This recipe was created for my cousin, Maddi, after I proposed bringing a healthy vegetable dish like roasted beets with goat cheese instead of my kolaches to the family holiday party Maddi expressed concern about the substitution. I joking asked, “What, Maddi doesn’t like beets?” To which she responded, “Carbs are for Christmas. As well as bacon, always bacon.” So Maddi, here are your very own Maple Bacon Pecan Kolaches.

Enjoy! Love, Auntie C.