OK SS’ers, here’s my recipe for a great trail snack, “Squirrel Brains!” (Honey Roasted Pecans… seriously.) Let’s hear yours!
3 table spoons of honey
2 cups of raw pecans
2 table spoons of brown sugar
2 tea spoons of sea salt
½ tea spoon of ground cayenne pepper
Pre-heat oven to 397 degrees – round up if you have to. Dump the honey in a bigish bowl then add the pecans. Stir this around a bit with a stick or wooden spoon until all of the nuts are happily coated in honey, then set aside. Mix the rest of the dry stuff in a smaller bowl. Then have your beautiful assistant sprinkle the dry mix over your sticky nuts whilst you stir them. Once evenly coated, spread nuts into a single layer onto a parchment paper (or foil or plain) lined cookie sheet. Pop ‘em in the oven to roast for around 7 minutes, 11 seconds. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Put a handful in a ziplock baggie for easy pocket transport to enjoy on your next ride.
-2lbs 'ends and pieces' bacon, the fattier the better.
-@1 cup whole wheat flour
-@3/4 cup dark brown sugar
-some sea salt
-some honey
-whatever else you want to throw in there.
-6 pack of beer
Tools:
-Frying pan
-Large mixing bowl
-Cutting board
-Mini muffin pan
-Knife
-Aluminum foil
-A really big hammer
Directions:
Step 1: Fry the bacon.
Step 1.5: while the bacon is frying, mix all the other ingredients in the large bowl.
Step 1.52: You should be pre-heating the oven to 350 degrees farenheit while doing this.
Step 2: When the bacon is cooked to 'chewy', take it out and cut it up into tiny pieces. Mix this into the large bowl with the other ingredients.
Step 3: Pour all of the bacon fat out of the pan and into the bowl with the other ingredients.
Step 4: Mix it all together really well. If it's too thick, pour a little bit of the beer you should be drinking in there.
Step 5: put it into the mini muffin pan. do not overfill the thing, you'll regret it.
Step 6: place a layer of aluminum foil bigger than the mini muffin pan on the middle rack of the oven
Step 7: put the mini muffin tin on top of the aluminum foil, in the over, and leave it there for 45 minutes to an hour.
Step 8: When it's done, take it out, let it cool. once cool enough not to melt anything, put it in the fridge for a while. this'll make it easier to get the candy out.
Step 9: Try not to eat all of it right away...
Step 10: You haven't finished the 6 pack?!? WTF is wrong with you?
I am so making a batch of squirrel brains this weekend!!! Nice thread.
(Bacon candy will have to be tried as well)
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