Bacon-Maple Cornbread

Name: Bacon-Maple Cornbread
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons bacon fat, reserved from 6 strips smoked bacon; 6 pieces smoked bacon, cooked; 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 3/4 cups cornmeal; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 1/4 cup pure maple syrup; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons bacon fat, reserved from 6 strips smoked bacon
6 pieces smoked bacon, cooked
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
2 eggs
1 cup milk

Directions

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["Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.", "First, cook the bacon in a frying pan over medium heat. Don't crank the heat too high. Slower cooking ensures that you render more fat from the strips of meat; this is good. Drain the bacon on paper towels and reserve 3 tablespoons of the fat. (If this is does not yield enough fat, you may supplement it with vegetable oil.) If you have extra bacon fat, lightly coat a 9\" by 9\"" pan with it. If you do not