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CANDIED BACON AND PECAN CHEESE SPREAD

Candied Bacon and Pecan Cheese Spread

  • Author: franklinfoods

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Ingredients

PECAN CHEESE SPREAD
2 lbs Hahn’s Bakers Cheese
1 lb Hahn’s Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Buttermilk Full Fat
1/4 Cup Water
1 Cup Candied Bacon with Pecans
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
2 TBS Bacon Fat
1 TSP Liquid Smoke
1 TBS Pure Maple Syrup
1 TSP Sea Salt
1 TSP Black Pepper Fine Grind

CANDIED BACON
2 Packages Pre-cooked Bacon
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pure Maple Syrup
1/2 Cup Bourbon
1 Cup Chopped Pecans


Instructions

PECAN CHEESE SPREAD

  1. Combine Bakers Cheese and Cream Cheese in 6 to 8 quart mixer bowl with paddle attachment.
  2. Add Buttermilk and Water, mix until smooth.
  3. Add rest of ingredients and mix until combined. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  4. Store in air tight container until ready to eat. Serve with vegetable sticks, crackers, mini toasts or crostini’s.

CANDIED BACON

  1. Mix Brown Sugar, Syrup and Bourbon.
  2. Lay bacon out on parchment line sheet pans. Brush each bacon strip top and bottom with Brown Sugar, Maple Bourbon Mix.
  3. Sprinkle with Chopped Pecans. Bake at 375 until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool.
  4. Crumble in fine pieces for use as noted above.