A friend made bacon croutons and brought them over with a blue cheese salad. I fell in love. I went online and cobbled this recipe together. You could do so many variations (add garlic powder etc.)
Ingredients: [‘bread’, ‘bacon fat’, ‘salt’, ‘bacon’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“4 cups large cut day old bread”,”4 tablespoons bacon fat”,”1/4 teaspoon salt”,”1 lb bacon”]
Number of Servings: 8
Steps: [“Brown some bacon – I do a pound so I can add to salad in addition to the croutons or use it with eggs etc — don’t think a pound of bacon will go to waste anywhere?.”, “Cut your bread – I use homemade bread that is a bit past it’s prime. I cut the croutons fairly large – like the ones you buy at the grocery? You could use brioche or other bakery bread. Not sure how this would be on purchased sliced bread –“, ‘Heat your oven to 350.’, ‘Put the bread cubes into a big bowl. Drizzle 1 tbl of bacon grease over the croutons, gently stir. Repeat 4 times – this ought to distribute the grease fairly well. Sprinkle in the salt and then stir again.’, ‘Bake croutons in oven 350 degrees for 10 min – stir – bake 5 more minutes.’, ‘Keep for a day or two – serving with soup or salad — in a sealed container.’]