Bacon Buttercrunch
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 12 ounces bacon, cooked very crisp crumbled, rendered fat reserved (about 1 cup cooked bacon)
- 8 tablespoons butter, plus extra for greasing
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1⁄4 cup water
directions
- Carefully pour the bacon fat into a heatproof measuring cup, and add enough melted butter to make 1 1/2 cups. Set aside.
- Generously butter a 13-by-18-inch baking sheet and set it aside on a heatproof surface.
- Combine the bacon fat mixture with the sugar, vanilla, salt and water in a medium-size saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Insert a candy thermometer and continue to cook, stirring constantly with a whisk until it reaches 300 degrees (hard crack stage), 18 to 20 minutes.
- Wearing your oven mitts, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the crumbled bacon. Carefully pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet, and use a heatproof spatula to spread it evenly. Cool the buttercrunch completely, at least 1 hour, then break it into bite-size pieces. Store the bacon buttercrunch, layered with parchment or wax paper, in an airtight container at cool room temperature for up to 1 week.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!