I wanted to make something different and fun for Friday's happy hour, so I tried my hand at bacon wrapped dates:



I'd made faux rumaki before, which is really easy, but I'm thinking these might be even easier and they're so good. I took my inspiration from a Betty Crocker recipe, starting with cutting bacon slices in half, sprinkling them with basil, and slicing slits in the dates, which I stuffed with pistachios. I rolled the dates in the bacon and baked at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes. These will definitely appear at future parties, since we loved them!

Click here to see what the Kitsch-en churned out last week.