I’d like to thank The Pork Board at the International Food Blogging Conference (IFBC) for planting the bacon suggestion in my head.
Juicing Day 2 – Craving bacon even as I juice faithfully. I caved – what can I say?
Except I caved in a big way: Bacon Brownies! Oh yeah baby I said bacon …. and brownies. That incredible combo of sweet and salty gets me weak in the knees every time I think of it.
Preheat oven to 300-350 degrees, depending on the texture you like for your brownies. 300 degrees will yield chewy brownies, 350 degrees will slightly crisp.
| 1 pack | bacon |
| 2 sticks | butter |
| 2 cups | sugar |
| 2 cups | brown sugar |
| 2 cups | cocoa, natural and unsweetened |
| 1 cup | all-purpose flour |
| 1 tsp | salt |
| 8 eggs | |
| 1 tbsp | vanilla extract |
| 1 1/2 cups | walnuts |
Brownie Ingredients
| 1. | Cook bacon to a golden brown crisp. Drain on paper towels. |
| Crumble in a small pieces and set aside. |
Pack of Maple Bacon by Cast Iron Gourmet
Cooked Bacon draining on paper towels
| 2. | Unwrap butter and place in small bowl. |
| Microwave for 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds. | |
| 3. | Using a sifter, sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. |
| If you don’t have a sifter, use a strainer and a spoon and stir the dry ingredients through the strainer. |
Sifted Dry Ingredients
| 4. | Put the eggs in a blender and pulse (or low speed) for 30-45 seconds. You want the eggs slightly frothy |
| and blended. Alternately, you can beat the eggs into a bowl, beat til frothy. | |
| 5. | Hand mixing: Fold the egg mixture into the dry ingredients until mixed thoroughly. |
| Electric mixing: Use low speed while pouring the eggs into the bowl until it’s well mixed. | |
| 6. | Add tablespoon of vanilla extract and fold in. |
| 7. | Slowly add melted butter, stirring between pours to mix the batter completely. |
| Once all the butter is mixed in, the batter will be glossy dark brown | |
| 8. | Add bacon crumbles and stir. If desired, garnish the top with some of the crumbles |
Finished Batter
| 9. | Let the batter rest while you prep the baking dish. |
| Spray the bottom of two 9×12 pans. | |
| Cut parchment paper to fit the pans with 2″ overhang on 2 sides. Fit parchment paper into pans. | |
| 10. | Pour half the batter into one pan |
| 11 | Add walnuts to remaining batter, holding out some for garnish. |
| 12. | Pour walnut batter into second pan. Sprinkle bacon over both pans and walnuts over second pan. |
| 13. | Bake for 40-45 min or until toothpick comes out clean. |
| 14. | Cool and enjoy |
Oh Yeah Baby! Bacon Brownies
I did enjoy my test brownies with a Mean Green Juice ….. hehehe.
Oh Yeah Baby Bacon Brownies and Mean Green Juice
These are dense, chewy dark chocolate brownies with a surprise bite of bacon! Next time I’ll sprinkle some sea salt on the top to kick it up a notch.
This is a keeper. Anyone care to recommend some small bacon producers I can find online?
Hi Regina,
Bacon Freak would be a good local starting point — their artisanal bacon selection is amazing! Check them out: http://www.baconfreak.com/bacon.html Good people, too!
thanks for the recommendation! I ordered a few packets of bacon. Can’t wait to try them.
Is the pan size correct?
Thank you for catching that! it should be 9×12 pan. Unless you want high brownies, use a square 8×8 pan.