Bacon recipes

Love Me Tender Peanut Butter, Bacon and Banana Cookies
Yield: About 3 dozen 1/2 cup organic butter
1/2 cup organic peanut butter
1 whole organic egg
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon each baking powder and baking soda
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups organic flour
1/4 cup crushed organic banana chips
1/4 cup Praline of Bacon (see recipe)

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheet(s) with parchment paper.
In large bowl, beat butter, peanut butter and egg with mixer. Add sugars, baking powder and soda, and vanilla. Mix until all is incorporated and continue to scrape sides.

Gradually, at low speed, add flour until incorporated. Finish cookies with banana chips and bacon (add as much or as little as you like). Place in bowl, covered, and chill so dough will be easier to work with.

Make 1-inch balls with dough, or larger if desired. Place on baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Flatten with palm of your hand.

Bake in 7-9 minutes, or until bottoms are browned.

Source: William Mueller, Babblin' Babs Bistro

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Praline of Bacon
Yield: About 1/2 cup

1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/8 teaspoon red pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 pound bacon, cooked and diced

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray sheet pan with cooking spray.

In mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, Worcestershire, butter, red pepper and cinnamon. Whisk well. Pour mixture onto sheet pan and coat evenly with bacon.

Bake, turning every 5 minutes, 20-25 minutes total.

Source: William Mueller, Babblin' Babs Bistro

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Maple-Bacon Bread Pudding
Yield: 8 servings

2 cups milk
2 cups half-and-half
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup orange marmalade
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 whole eggs
8 cups cubed bread
6-8 ounces cooked bacon
1 cup melted butter
1/2 cup organic maple syrup
3/4 cup walnuts

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 9-inch-square baking pan.

Combine milk, half-and-half, brown sugar, marmalade, egg yolks, cinnamon and whole eggs. Whisk until blended; set aside.

Place cubed bread in large bowl. Add cooked bacon, butter and maple syrup.

Toss until evenly distributed, then transfer to baking pan. Pour egg mixture over top, not quite filling pan, then stir.

Crumble walnuts over top. Place a plate over cubes, and set aside 20 minutes.

Wrap baking pan with foil tightly. Poke 2 holes on opposite sides. Place on preheated sheet pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, then uncover and continue baking another 15 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack.

Source: William Mueller, Babblin' Babs Bistro

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Maple Bourbon with Bacon Praline Ice Cream
Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 pints

6 large organic egg yolks
1 cup organic maple syrup
2 teaspoons organic flour
1 cup organic half-and-half
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups organic cream
1 cup Praline of Bacon (see recipe)

Procedure:

In bowl, beat egg yolks with maple syrup and flour. Set aside.

Bring half-and-half to simmer in heavy saucepan. Gradually beat hot half-and-half into eggs. Pour entire amount back into clean saucepan and place over low heat.

Stir with wooden spoon or rubber spatula until custard thickens slightly. Remove from heat and pour through strainer into bowl. Allow custard to cool, then stir in cream and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate until cold.

Stir chilled custard, then freeze in your ice cream maker, following manufacturer's directions.

Add Praline of Bacon when ice cream is semifrozen. Allow machine to mix in bacon and continue until finished.

Source: William Mueller, Babblin' Babs Bistro

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Chocolate-Covered Rum Bacon
Yield: 4 servings

1/2 pound natural thick-cut, lean bacon
2 tablespoons organic maple syrup
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Gosling's Bermuda Black Rum (or your favorite rum)
4 ounces Cacao Barry Cocoa, melted (or any good-quality dark chocolate)
1 tablespoon toasted coconut (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts (optional)

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking sheet pan with parchment paper.
Place strips of bacon on pan. Spread 1/4-1/2 teaspoon maple syrup on each slice, rubbing it into meat. Lightly dust bacon with cinnamon.

Bake, watching to make sure bacon does not burn. As soon as it starts taking on a crispy character, remove from oven and sprinkle generously with rum. Turn pieces over and repeat with maple and cinnamon. Return to oven and continue cooking until crispy and firm. Remove from oven and and sprinkle with more rum.

Remove from pan and completely cool on plate; give it a light spray of canola oil (leaving it to cool in pan may cause it to stick).

In small pan over low heat, slowly melt chocolate, stirring very sparingly or chocolate may seize up. Spread chocolate only on 1 side of bacon, covering completely.

Have fun and add coconut, walnuts, peanuts, potato chips or even banana chips.

Make it your own.

Source: William Mueller, Babblin' Babs Bistro