Bacon Shortbread!

As you may have seen, I've had Whole Wheat Shortbread up in my Etsy shop for a bit now. It's really good, but I've been trying to think of what I can do to spice it up a little. Give it a little twist. Since everyone is nuts about bacon (including me), I thought I might try adding it to my shortbread! I've always wanted to try incorporating bacon into a baked good. Who doesn't love that salty/sweet combo? I'm a huge sucker for it.

I used my regular recipe for the Whole Wheat Shortbread (using King Arthur White Whole Wheat, it's truly awesome). I then made a good amount of bacon in the oven, to get it nice and crispy. Crumbling bacon is a seriously difficult task. Not because it doesn't crumble easily, but because you want to eat all of the bacon! My kitchen was so full of bacon smell, it took the will power of a thousand will powers, not to gobble it all up (I may have set aside a couple of pieces for eating, shhh...). So after I crumbled it all up, I tossed it with a bit of brown sugar, then sprinkled the mixture over the pan of uncooked shortbread, and baked it like normal.

My house smelled sooooo good! Bacon smell? Plus. Baking shortbread smell? Double plus. Of course shortbread takes forever to bake AND then I had to wait for it to cool before I could try it. But it was worth the wait! Super delicious! Sweet and salty and cookie-ey and bacon-ey! Why did I wait so long to try bakin with bacon?!

Want to try some? Bacon Shortbread is now up for sale on my Etsy Page!

Happy Monday everyone!

A Love Letter to King Arthur Flour

My darling King Arthur,

You are the wind beneath my bakery wings. You are the sun that brightens my cookie day. You are the love that warms my brownie heart. Without you, I could not create amazing, flavorful, flaky pie crusts. I could not bake a whole wheat shortbread that is actually delicious and addicting. Nor could I make madeleines that are so fluffy and delightful, they will make you want to slap your mama.

Thank you for all that you do! I will always love you!

Yours forever,

Aubrey


Seriously, you guys. King Arthur Flour is the best stuff. I love it. It makes everything so much better. I highly recommend baking with it, if you haven't already. If you have, then you already know! My favorite is the White Whole Wheat. It allows me to incorporate whole wheat flour into more of my baking because it's so mild and yummo!

Image from www.kingarthurflour.com

Try out their stuff and let me know what you think!

No, this was not paid for by King Arthur, I'm in love with them for free!