Bacon fat for the WIN!

[lovelygamer]

I love bacon. I cook greens in the drippings, but I never thought of using bacon fat for baking.

I wish I did this. How do you keep the drippings prepared? I have never known what to do. We only cook bacon once every few months in my house but I cook greens every week. Can I store drippings or is that not safe?

[malkin]

Keep the drippings in a jar in the fridge.

[westtexas]

Keep the drippings in a jar in the fridge.

And then get a big dollop out and use like any other cooking fat.

Also good on eggs. That's what I'm having for breakfast.

[lovelygamer]

Oh, thank you! I had no idea and always wondered. I will totally do this next time. I loveeeeeeeeeeeee greens but need to add a little something now and then.

[OakLeaf]

I don't eat pork, but when I make chicken stock, I recover the fat and store it in the freezer. Then I'll use it for cooking fat when I want that chicken flavor.

[emily_in_nc]

Those cookies sound SO GOOD, GLC. I'd be interested to know what is in 'em in place of the "grain"!

[GLC1968]

Sorry for the delay, you guys. I have been without internet for awhile!

Here is the recipe:

Paleo Treat: Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Ingredients –
5 oz almond flour (best to measure by weight, not volume)
¼ t baking soda
¼ t sea salt
2 T pastured butter, melted
2 T bacon fat, melted
3 T raw local honey
2 t water
1 t vanilla
1/3 cup extra dark chocolate chips (I used Guittard Extra Dark)
1/3 cup raw pecans, chopped

Directions -
Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. Melt butter and bacon fat until liquid. With a whisk, mix honey, water and vanilla in with melted fats. Combine wet ingredients with dry and mix until all almond flour is incorporated. Mix in chips and nuts.

Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment lined baking sheet. Lightly flatten with your hand (they don’t spread much when baking). Bake at 325F for 8 – 12 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool slightly before removing from baking sheet to cooling rack.

Makes about 18 cookies.


We eat quite a bit of bacon and we keep all the fat so we have a ton. I don't know what prompted me to add it to this recipe, but it was a huge success! We cook a ton of stuff in it from eggs to asparagus to kale... It also works really well to get a dog to take his pills.

My next attempt will be using it to make mayo but I haven't tried that just yet.