Baked Brown Sugar Chicken Wings

These are awesome! I love me a good chicken wing and really prefer them fried but baking them with the brown sugar glaze on them then smothering them in more glaze...pretty stinkin' good! And so easy! I sent the leftovers home with my daughter for her hubby who is a chicken wing maniac...and I have to say...I'm regretting that decision because I loved them so much. I guess that's a good excuse to make more, right? 

Baked Brown Sugar Chicken Wings



1 1/2 cups ketchup
3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 1/2  tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Coarse salt
Ground pepper
4 pounds chicken chicken wings, patted dry

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray or cover with foil.

In a medium bowl, whisk together ketchup, sugar, Worcestershire, vinegar, salt and pepper.

Cut wing tips off of chicken wings, then divide the remaining wings in half at the joint.

In large bowl, toss wings with half of the sauce. (Reserve the rest of the sauce for cooked chicken.)

Place chicken wings on the prepared cookie sheet. I like to put the "drumettes" along the outside edge of the pan and the smaller wing portion to the inside for more even cooking. 

Bake wings for 20 minutes. Toss then continue baking for another 10 - 15 minutes. I even set mine under the broiler for about 5 minutes to crisp the skin a little bit.

Place cooked chicken into a large clean bowl and toss with remaining sauce.  
Here we go!

 
Mix up the ingredients for the sauce.

 
Cut up the wings then toss them in half of the sauce.

 
Place them on a greased cookie sheet.

 
Bake 'em up turning half way through.

 
Toss with remaining sauce.

 
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