Cook The Book: Bacon Fat Spice Cookies
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 cup bacon fat (from about 1 pound bacon)
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 egg
- Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Lin 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, the salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a food processor and pulse to mix. Add the bacon fat, molasses, and egg and pulse until the mixture forms a soft dough.
- Take level tablespoons of the dough and roll them into balls. Place the balls on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Using a fork, flatten the balls slightly, and sprinkle them with the remaining tablespoon of sugar.
- Bake the cookies until they are beginning to brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool slightly on the baking sheets and then transfer to a wire rack.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
flour, sugar, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, bacon, molasses, egg
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/10/bacon-fat-spice-cookies-recipe.html (may not work)