Hi, P.J.!! Our family has a long-time recipe for molasses cookies - they're known as Daddy Cookies as they were my dad's favorite. One of the ingredients is bacon fat (perfect excuse for bacon and eggs for a weekend breakfast!!!). They're a soft cookie with that indefinable flavor from the bacon fat...........but oh so delicious!! My brother always gets a "care package" when he visits one of his sisters!! Well, it's true, bacon is appearing EVERYWHERE these days - and I'm sure many an old-time New England baker used bacon fat in her cookies, just as she used lard. Thanks for your description - they sound GOOD. PJH

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