Maple Bacon Cheesecake | Food Stuff

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bacon
• 8 ounces bacon, cooked until crisp and roughly diced
• 4 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 stick butter, at room temperature
• 2 pounds cream cheese
• 4 eggs plus 2 yolks
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1 cup pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper, plus more to season
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 box vanilla wafers, such as Nilla