And yet another bacon adventure-

Bacon toffee, anyone?

Ingredients
1/2 lb bacon
1 stick butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
salt
Instructions
Cook the bacon in a skillet. Let it cool on paper towels to remove the excess grease, then chop it into bits. The pieces should be about the size of a fingertip. Set aside.
Put the water, butter, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir constantly until the water has boiled off (the mixture will get very bubbly/frothy first) and the mixture turns a deep golden tan color.
Remove from heat, stir in bacon bits, and quickly spread toffee on a silpat or well-oiled baking sheet or piece of marble.
Let cool, then break toffee into pieces by covering it with plastic wrap and pounding it with a knife handle or toffee hammer.
Toffee stores in refrigerator indefinitely.

Ingredients

½

pound bacon

1

stick butter

¼

cup water

1

cup sugar

one pinch salt

Preparation

Step 1

Cook the bacon in a skillet or in the microwave on paper towels.

Step 2

Let it cool on paper towels to remove the excess grease, then chop it into bits. The pieces should be about the size of a fingertip. Set aside.

Step 3

Put the water, butter, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir constantly until the water has boiled off (the mixture will get very bubbly/frothy first) and the mixture turns a deep golden tan color.

Step 4

Remove from heat, stir in bacon bits, and quickly spread toffee on a silpan or well-oiled baking sheet or a piece of marble.

Step 5

Let cool, then break toffee into pieces by covering it with plastic wrapand pounding it with a knife handle or toffee hammer.

Step 6

Toffee keeps in refrigerator indefinitely.

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11 thoughts on “And yet another bacon adventure-

  1. Singing like Elf:

    I’m commenting. I’m at Heidi’s blog and I’m commenting; I’m at Heidi’s blog and I’M COMMENTING!!

    (that will make absolutely no sense to anyone who hasn’t seen Elf)

  2. Thank you for sounding out!
    Your comments show up here without any problem- but they aren’t showing up on my gmail account.

    I’m looking for small hammers- toffee hammers, actually.
    Does anyone know where I can find at least 2 dozen?

  3. Why yes, we do like bacon.
    And sometimes I get stuck trying to find a perfect recipe- do you know what I mean?
    I’m planning on doing some workshops”Countdown to Christmas” with novel gifts and treats to make and give away- and one of them is cashew brittle on a slab of marble- but I’d like to offer a couple of variations on the theme- hence the bacon toffee.

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