My son moves into his dorm tomorrow and his mother asked him if he wanted any homemade goodies to take with him. He told her that he wanted "those bacon grease cookies". As she was making them I decided that they are just to good not to share and I know many folks on here are always looking for something new and different to try.
3/4 cups bacon grease - room temp.
1 cup sugar + 1/4 for rolling
1/4 cup molasses - not blackstrap
1 large egg
2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Combine all your dry ingredients and all your wet then mix together till a smooth stiff dough forms. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Preheat oven to 350*
Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Form a ball of dough an inch or so in diameter and roll in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Place on the cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes depending on how crispy or soft you like them.
Let them cool on the sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. We've even made a maple bacon cream cheese filling for these before and made sandwich cookies out of them.
Enjoy!
Jared
3/4 cups bacon grease - room temp.
1 cup sugar + 1/4 for rolling
1/4 cup molasses - not blackstrap
1 large egg
2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Combine all your dry ingredients and all your wet then mix together till a smooth stiff dough forms. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Preheat oven to 350*
Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Form a ball of dough an inch or so in diameter and roll in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Place on the cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes depending on how crispy or soft you like them.
Let them cool on the sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. We've even made a maple bacon cream cheese filling for these before and made sandwich cookies out of them.
Enjoy!
Jared