My cat café
series features a bakery and two fantastic bakers. So of course I must share recipes! The one below is perfect
for people who like a little savory with their sweets. It's a nice gift for
bacon-lovers who don't need a lot of stuff for the holidays. This will
disappear in no time!
Bacon Nut Brittle Recipe
Crunchy, salty, smoky, savory, and sweet. This combination
of flavors makes for an unusual treat! You can use whatever nuts you prefer. If
someone has nut allergies, use sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds instead (or a
vegan "bacon" alternative). If you don't eat pork, skip the bacon and
try a mixture of different nuts and seeds to provide a variety of flavors and
textures.
1/2 cup bacon crumbles (buy real bacon crumbles, or cook and
cool 8 slices of thick cut, smoked bacon)
1/2 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 ounces roasted salted cashews
1 teaspoon vanilla
coarse salt
1. Cook the
bacon until crispy, cool, and chop into 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch pieces.
2. Lightly
spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Spray the stirring end of a
large, heat-proof spoon as well.
3. In a large
saucepan, combine the following: water, sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Bring to
a boil, stirring occasionally.
Safety Warning: The heated mixture gets very hot and sticky.
Do not let it touch your skin!
4. Attach a
candy thermometer to the pan. Cook the mixture over moderately high heat,
stirring occasionally. Cook to 300°F (adjusted for altitude if necessary),
about 10 minutes. The caramel should be the color of a paper bag. Drizzle a bit
of caramel from your spoon, and it should spin out a thread.
5. Remove the
pot from the heat. Carefully stir in the baking soda. This will cause the
mixture to bubble.
6. Stir in the nuts,
vanilla, and bacon.
7. Immediately
pour the brittle onto the baking sheet. Use the back of the spoon to spread the
brittle into a thin, even layer.
8. Sprinkle
with the coarse salt. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
9. Break the brittle
into large shards. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to
one month.
Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance
What
do you do when you meet the guy of your dreams? Set him up with your sister, of
course.
Kari
doesn't have time for love when she's opening her new cat café. Renovating an
old restaurant, hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and
welcoming 16 shelter cats – keeps her plenty busy. She's doing this for the
cats, the community, and most of all her family. The café will give her sister,
Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills.
Then
a tattooed military veteran wanders in claiming to be a master baker himself.
The café doesn't need another baker, but maybe Marley needs a man. Surely
she'll fall for a guy this sweet, this sexy, this tasty.
Colin
has other ideas. It's Kari who makes him want to pour on the sugar and turn up
the heat. But he's spent the last two years recovering from physical and
psychological wounds. Is he really ready for a relationship? He's not even sure
he should commit to Samson, the fluffy marshmallow of a cat who steals his
heart.
Visit the Furrever Friends
Sweet Romance series on Amazon US
or Amazon UK or see the series with links to all retailers.Kris
Bock
writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet
Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café.
In the
Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching
family wins a billion-dollar lottery. They’re advised to go into hiding, but
they have animals needing care. They'll have to stay and fend off envious
friends, scammers, and fortune hunters. Can they build new dreams and find love
amidst the chaos?
In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery
series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles
the challenges of turning fifty. Get a free cat café novella, mystery stories, and more when you sign up for the
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Kris
also writes a series with her brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote
the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. The Felony
Melanie series follows the crazy antics of Melanie, Jake, and their friends a
decade before the events of the movie. Sign up for our romantic comedy newsletter and
get Felony Melanie Destroys the Moonshiner’s Cabin. Or find the
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1/2 cup bacon crumbles (buy real bacon crumbles, or cook and
cool 8 slices of thick cut, smoked bacon)
3. In a large
saucepan, combine the following: water, sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Bring to
a boil, stirring occasionally. 
5. Remove the
pot from the heat. Carefully stir in the baking soda. This will cause the
mixture to bubble. 
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Looks great! I want someone else to make it and feed me. :O
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought this recipe was for cats. The nuts made me think otherwise.
ReplyDeleteYour recipes are so tempting.
ReplyDeleteInteresting recipe. Now I just have to find someone who's willing to bake it for me.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a cat café!
ReplyDeleteThis snippet contains everything I love, baking, cats, and a tangled romance. Sounds fab.
ReplyDeleteDelicious looking recipe!
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