Bacon Spice Pork Chop Cookies

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Bacon Spice Pork Chop Cookies

In this unique cookie, bacon drippings are used in the place of shortening or butter. This leads to a subtle bacon smoky & saltiness, which is accented by the addition of ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves; like a glazed ham cookie. Complimenting the "meat" in this cookie is maple, in the form of maple sugar cookie dough used to construct the bones and fat of the "pork chop". This cookie blurs the line between sweet and savory leading to a dessert that is meaty enough for a meal.

Step 1 Ingredients

Bacon Spice Cookie Dough
(modified from Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes by Jennifer McLagan)
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup granulated sugar
½ tsp salt
¾ tsp ground cinnamon
¾ tsp ground ginger
¾ tsp ground cloves
½ cup bacon fat (rendered from ~1 pound of bacon)
1 egg
7 – 8  drops of red food coloring

Maple Sugar Cookie Dough

¾ cup butter
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour

Comments

[Beanie10]

baconlicious! yum!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

These sound like interesting cookie doughs! I am going to have to try making this!