bacon chocolate chip cookies
Two of my favorite things - bacon and chocolate chip cookies! This is a perfect meld of flavors. After you make this the first time you can decide if you want more or less of any of the ingredients. But I must say, this is how I like them. No that's wrong... this is how I love them!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Sweet and salty fans, rejoice. These bacon chocolate chip cookies are going to be your new favorite. They're a gourmet twist on chocolate chip cookies. We loved the use of dark chocolate chips. Their rich flavor with crunchy bits of smoky bacon is fantastic. Chopped pecans also add a nice crunch. Once baked, the edges of the chocolate chip cookie are crispy but the middle remains chewy. Yum!
prep time
4 Hr 30 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
5 dozen
Ingredients
- BACON
- 7 slices thick-cut bacon
- 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- COOKIE DOUGH
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons bacon drippings, that have cooled and become solid
- 4 tablespoons softened margarine
- 1 stick softened butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 3 cups dark chocolate chips
How To Make bacon chocolate chip cookies
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put the brown sugar in a medium-sized bowl. Doing one strip at a time, put the bacon in the bowl and coat it with the brown sugar. -
Step 2Place the bacon flat on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat until all are done. Any leftover sugar can be sprinkled onto the bacon on the baking sheet.
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Step 3Bake for about 12 minutes.
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Step 4Turn each piece of bacon over and baste with the bacon grease.
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Step 5Return to the oven and bake an additional 12 minutes or until the bacon is well cooked and crisp (but not burnt).
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Step 6Remove from the oven and set on a rack to cool. Do not throw away the bacon grease.
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Step 7In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda baking powder, and salt.
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Step 8Break up or cut up the cooled bacon into small pieces the size of the chopped nuts and chocolate chips. Set aside.
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Step 9In a large bowl, cream the bacon grease, margarine, butter, and sugars.
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Step 10Add the eggs, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
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Step 11Slowly add in the flour mixture.
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Step 12When the dough comes together, fold in the bacon, nuts, and chocolate chips.
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Step 13Refrigerate dough in a covered bowl for a minimum of 3 hours or overnight.
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Step 14Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop 1 Tbsp of dough at a time onto the parchment paper.
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Step 15Bake for 10 - 15 minutes (depending on your oven).
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Step 16The cookies should be golden brown. Don't remove them from the pan right away. Wait a couple of minutes, and then move cookies to a wire cooling rack. If you don't have a wire cooling rack, place cookies on a wax paper-lined surface to cool completely.
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