Breaded Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

My mother used to make these years ago and kept warm on a warming tray (the kind that is plugged into the wall)and my dh really liked them, so I was glad when I came across this recipe for them in an old Bon Appetit (April 1982)

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 21 appetizers

Ingredients

• 1  cup flour
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 1  tablespoon paprika
• 1  teaspoon white pepper
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 21  sea scallops
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1  cup milk
• 1  cup  breadcrumbs
• 7  slices bacon, strips cut into thirds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.
2. Grease a pie dish and set aside.
3. In a pie dish combine first 5 ingredients (flour - garlic powder).
4. In a seperate pie dish or bowl mix egg and milk together.
5. In a third pie dish place bread crumbs.
6. If set up assembly line fashion - this makes a really easy process to get the scallops ready - I use disposable pie tins for this (that come with frozen prepared pie crusts).
7. Roll scallops in flour mixture and then dip in milk/egg mixture and finally into the breadcrumbs.
8. Wrap each scallops with bacon, securing with toothpick and then transfer to prepared greased pie dish.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
10. Serve warm (see description above for my mother's method) with tartar sauce or cocktail sauce.