Bacon-Onion Bread
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 2 tablespoons reserved bacon grease
- 1 small onion, peeled & finely chopped
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup small curd cottage cheese or 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted (1/2 stick)
directions
- Adjust oven rack to top third position, and pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Coat 9"x5"x3" loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a skillet, cook the bacon just until crisp.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain; then coarsely dice.
- Discard all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.
- Add onion, and saute over medium-low heat until tranlucent (2-3 minutes).
- In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
- Blend together the eggs, cottage cheese, and butter until smooth; then stir in the bacon and onion.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix together just until combined (Do NOT over mix).
- Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing it on top.
- Bake in pre-heated oven for 50 minutes or until tester comes out clean when inserted.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool before slicing.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
littleturtle
United States