Mustard Bacon Crisps Mustard Bacon Crisps practically melt in your mouth! This is a great recipe for any kind of gathering, but what a great one for St. Patty's Day! This takes a little bit of time to put together, but the best part is, you can do all the prep work ahead of time and bake them right before you need them. The aroma is delectable and your guests and family will be chomping at the bit once they know they are available! What you'll need: - 8 slices bacon (smoked) - 1/2 cup of ice water - 1/4 cup of Dijon mustard - 2 cups flour (all-purpose) - 1/2 teaspoon of salt - 1 Tablespoon of baking powder - 1 teaspoon of pepper (white) - 6 Tablespoons cold butter (cut into 6 pieces) First things first. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F and put your rack in the middle position. Next, cook the bacon in a large skillet until it's crisp and place on some paper towels to drain off the excess grease. Make sure you reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings to use later. Once the bacon has cooled, chop it up into small pieces. Then, in a food processor (use a metal blade) combine the cold water, the mustard and the 2 tablespoons of reserved bacon drippings. Process until the mixture is just blended and reserve. Then again in the newly cleaned food processor combine the flour, salt, the baking powder and the pepper. Process to combine this mixture first and then slowly add cold butter. The best way to do this is put your food processor on the pulse mode until the mixture looks like coarse meal. Next, add the mustard mixture and pulse again until all of it is just blended. Last thing to mix in is the chopped bacon. You'll only need to pulse a couple of times - just enough to blend in the bacon. Lastly, place the mixture on a lightly floured work surface and with a floured rolling pin you'll roll the bacon dough to a 1/8-inch thickness. Dip a 2-inch round cutter (you can use a glass if you don't have one) in flour and press into the dough. Place rounds on two ungreased baking sheets. To make this recipe go further, gather up the scraps and roll out and continue to cut out as many rounds as you can possibly do. Bake the rounds for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they become a golden color. Then, transfer to a couple of cooling racks. The best way to serve these yummy crisps is with cheese and fruit. This recipe makes about 80 crackers. Enjoy!
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