Vegetable / Green: Green Bean Bundles

From Shelly Carey
Note: These are a "fancy" way to serve green beans, but the glaze and bacon combination makes them taste just as good as they look.

Ingredients
16 ounces whole green beans (in cans), drained
1 package Maple-flavored bacon
Glaze ingredients
½ cup brown sugar
6 Tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions
Preheat oven to 375. Cut uncooked bacon strips in half lengthwise. Take 7 green beans, gather together and tie the bacon around the green bean bundle. Put the loose bacon ends under the green beans bundle. Repeat until all green beans are used.

Melt the butter, brown sugar and garlic powder together in the microwave. Put green bean bundles on pan. Spoon the glaze over the green bean bundles.

Cover and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover pan and continue baking for 5 minutes. Remove bundles from the pan drippings and place the bundles on a serving platter.

Serves 4-6.