Bacon Roses

At the same girl's night as the sugar scrub we also made bacon roses to give to the gentlemen in my branch on Father's day.  I tried to take pictures as we went along...but I didn't really succeed.  Oh well.  This recipe taken from OurBestBites

This craft was actually not too arduous because I had several helpers

Supplies: 

• Bacon: we bought cheap store brand bacon.  That was fine.  They made little roses which was perfect for us.  
• Toothpicks: You want the ones with sharp ends, however, if you use colored ones like we did, it turns the bacon pretty colors
• Fake roses: I bought the ones on sale outside of Michaels.  I bought rose bouquets.  They had like 7-10 roses on them and they were probably about 1-2 inches tall (the rose) 
• Ribbon
• Wire cutters
• People to help you

Process:

1. Roll the bacon up.  If you use cheap-o bacon like me, I suggest folding the bacon in half long way, it makes it easier to roll
2. Stick two toothpicks through the bottom so they will stand up like you see in the picture below
3. Set on a cooking rack over foil in a cookie sheet
4. Bake 400 20-30 minutes (I can't remember how long we baked them)
5. In the meantime, take the flowers off the stems of the fake flowers. You want to leave the part the flower sits on 
6. If you are doing individual flowers (like I was) cut the stem off the bouquet and tie a ribbon along the stem (to make it fancy)
7. Once the bacon is cool enough to handle, remove the toothpicks and just stick it on the stem.  It was really easy.  The end.  That's all you have to do!