That’s right…you heard me correctly…BACON…BEER…CORNBREAD!

Hmmmmm…

I like beer…

I like bacon…

I like cornbread…

WIN!

Bacon Beer Cornbread

Ingredients:

• 6 slices thick-cut bacon, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups finely ground cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup of your favorite beer
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

More photos and directions over at How Sweet It Is. Go visit!

I have come to really enjoy watching Chef Alex Guarnaschelli cook!  I gained a ton of respect for her while she was on Next Iron Chef, not just for her cooking but for her competitive spirit!

Chef was on CBS This Morning: Saturday this last week and broke out this wonderful piece of bacon goodness…

I mean seriously, LOOK AT THAT BIRD!

Watch the segment below and treat yourself to one heck of a dinner this weekend.

via

Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Michael Baird and I’m the author / founder of this magnificent blog about all things bacon and some occasional nerdy stuff.

I just thought I’d throw that out there seeing as I haven’t been around much lately.

So how you doin’?

Me – my head is molting from gettin’ my melon burnt in Florida, I’ve got some type of bronchial infection, and I’m once again in a hotel this week after spending the weekend moving my entire house into the basemen tso some guy can come in and redo our floors. Not that I’m complaining mind you, I got it pretty good all things considered, I just want to be honest.

So where does all this leave us this week on The Daily Bacon? Well, giveaways need to wait one more week (as they are all packed in a box in the basement). If your not a fan on Facespace, get over there and like us ASAP so you don’t get left out. Other than that, we’ll be getting back to providing all of you, my 10′s of readers, with the bacon goodness you have come to expect from this little corner of the interwebs.

Let’s begin with this tasty little recipe I found today, courtesy of the blog Pink Parsley (but inspired by Rick Bayless):

Bacon-Chipolte Guacamole

Ingredients:

• 4 strips of bacon, preferably thick-cut, applewood-smoked bacon
• 3 ripe avocados (about 1 1/4 lbs)
• 1/3 cup finely chopped white onion
• 3 canned chipotles en adobo – seeds removed optional – finely minced
• 1 tomato, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• juice of 1 lime
• kosher salt to taste

Directions:

Well, if you can’t figure out how to throw all these together, then you’ll have to pop on over to their site.

See you all tomorrow!

KA-POW!

Seriously, who doesn’t want one (or two, or three) of these right now?

Sweet Potato and Bacon Bites

Ingredients

• a large sweet potato
• bunch of green onions (about 3 onions per sweet potato)
• bacon of choice (or bacon bits – recommended 3 strips of bacon for one potato.)
• sour cream
• shredded cheese of your choice  (recommended cheddar!)
• salt, pepper and chili powder
• olive or canola oil

Directions

You need to pop over to Instructables for those!

recipe and photo via JessyRatfink on Instructables.

That’s right, I said MAPLE…..BACON…..S’MORES!

Homemade maple bacon marshmallows!!  People, what more needs to be said?!?  I think I found my next “Test Kitchen” recipe!

Maple Bacon S’mores

KA-POW!

Seriously, what more needs to be said when you see a photo like this.

Who’s hungry?

Bacon and Corn Griddle Cakes

Ingredients:

• 8 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/3 cup finely chopped sweet onion
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
• 1 cup frozen, canned or fresh corn
• 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• warm maple syrup, for serving

Directions:

You’ve got to click on over to Recipe Girl for that  That’s where we found this stack of incredibleness.

This came through the Google machine today and just it’s description made my mouth water and I knew, I KNEW, I was going to be sharing it with all of you tonight!

Candied Bacon and Genoa Panini

Ingredients:

• ½ sweet onion
• ½ each red, green and yellow peppers
• 8 strips of bacon
• 4 slices Genoa salami
• 4 slices tomato
• Boston butter lettuce
• 4 slices Fontina cheese
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ c brown sugar
• 1 tsp Balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp white wine
• dash of salt and pepper
• 1 tsp per panini balsamic glaze
• 1 tsp per panini dried basil
• 2 tbsp chopped roasted garlic
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp white sugar

Directions:

Sorry, you’re gonna have to bounce over HERE to see the rest! Including the recipe for the spring green salad with blueberry vinaigrette you see accompanying this sandwich above.

via North Canton Patch, photo Meegan Massello.

I LOVE bacon. I also love coffee.  So how could this go wrong?

Coffee Glazed Bacon

Ingredients:

• 6 to 8 slices of Smoked Bacon
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Hot Espresso
• 1/4 tsp Paprika
• 1/4 tsp Black Pepper

Directions:

You’re gonna have to pop over to Instructables to get those (and see step-by-step photos).

Yup, that’s what I said, bacon + bourbon + brownies.  That equals deliciousness!

See that “crumble” on the top?  That’s diced bacon my friends.

I got wind of these from over at The Food in my Beard (now that sounds like a food blog I could get behind). He’s got great step-by-step photo instructions but no recipe.  For that, you’ll have to use what he did over at Food and Wine.

What goes better with yesterday’s cake with bacon flavored frosting than some homemade bacon flavored ice cream of the future?

This AWESOME mom decided to play with molecular gastronomy for Instructable’s Mad Science Fair and created her own version of “Dippin’ Dots“.

Alas no real bacon was used in the recipe, just Torani’s bacon flavored syrup, but still big props to her!

Check out the full recipe and step-by-step photo over at Instructable.