Bacon Fat Ginger Cookies

A few years ago, the New York Times ran an article with this recipe for traditional Swedish ginger cookies that utilize bacon fat in place of butter or shortening.
Could there be anything more heavenly? No.
Swedish Ginger Cookies

3/4 cup bacon fat, cooled (from 2 pounds bacon)
1 cup sugar, plus 1/4 cup for dusting the cookies
4 [...]

Bacon Wrapped Dates

A good breakfast snack for the days when you start drinking early.
I guess that makes it a brunch snack.
Whatever.

1 pound Medjool dates (about 30), pitted
1 pound bacon (about 15 slices), cut in half
30 Pecans (pieces work just as well as whole nuts though.)
3 wooden skewers, soaked in water for an hour

Replace the pits with pecans, [...]