Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Hey it’s Doree, back again from Top Notch Mom. I love when I get to hang out with all of you lovely MTK followers! I had no trouble coming up with a recipe to share with all of you. I’ve been wanting to change up a simple chocolate chip cookie and when we had some left over bacon I knew what needed to happen next. Have you ever candied bacon before? Holy moly I could’ve ate every last strip of it myself but let’s keep that between you and I. I added the candied bacon to my chocolate cookie dough and low and behold this is what I got:

Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients

  

• Candied Bacon:
• 10 slices center cut bacon
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• Cookies:
• 2 + 1/4 C flour
• 1/2 TSP baking soda
• 3/4 C butter - melted
• 1/2 C white sugar
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1 TBS vanilla extract
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Candied Bacon:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Place bacon in a single layer on a foiled lined sheet
• Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon strips
• Bake for 10 minutes and then turn strips over and continue to bake for another 8-10 minutes
• Cool on a wire rack and then chop finely
• Reduce oven to 325 degrees
• In a bowl mix flour and baking soda
• In a medium bowl cream together butter and sugars
• Add vanilla, egg + egg yolk to the bowl and beat until creamy
• Add flour mixture and mix well
• Add candied bacon and chocolate chips until combined
• Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 12 minutes
• Let cool 5 minutes before placing on wire rack