Breakfast Cookies With Bacon

Submitted by Buzymomof3

"I as at the General's house for a brunch and these were so good I had to ask for the recipe! They're sweet and salty - a favorite combination of mine. My son asked me to make them the other day and I searched and couldn't find anything like them so figured I'd post it to keep the recipe alive. Hope you enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb bacon, cooked and chopped
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups corn flakes
• 1 egg

directions

1. cook bacon till crisp - then break into small pieces.
2. Beat together butter and sugar till fluffy, beat in egg, combine dry ingredients and mix into butter mixture.
3. Add bacon, corn flakes, and raisins and stir in by hand.
4. Drop by teaspoonful onto UNgreased cookie sheet 2" apart.
5. Bake 350 for 15 minutes. Cool 1 minutes, move to rack.

Reviews

[shan.marsh]

These were great. But I would definitely cut the raisins in half as they were overwhelming and I wanted to taste the bacon more. :) Also, they get HUGE when you bake them, so keep the batter balls small. Thank you!

 

[Heather]

I must admit... everyone I told about these were skeptical. "Cookies with..... BACON??????" I keep telling people that bacon is it's own food group, and it pairs with pretty much everything. I now have a house full of converts. These are on my favorite list of breakfast snack foods!!!!!!

 

[knutmeg80]

I haven't been able to stop eating these since I took them out of the oven. After reading the reviews, I decided to sprinkle the cookies with sea salt before cooking them. I love salty sweet and these are great. I probably used a little more bacon than the recipe calls for and I found out after I'd started that I didn't quite have enough butter, so I added a couple tablespoons of bacon grease and I think these cookies have a really nice bacon flavor. I didn't have corn flakes so I used frosted flakes and reduced the sugar in the recipe to 1/2 c. I also didn't measure the raisins and just threw in a large handful, so I probably ended up with more than a 1/2 c. Maybe I'll have just one more...

 

[Bichons Forever]

After watching an entire episode of bacon themed dining on TV, I had to try Bacon Cookies! My family LOVES bacon. In fact, I had to make them when everyone was gone so I could get the bacon cooked and into the cookies. I doubled the bacon in the recipe and added a couple of drops of maple flavoring then sprinkled the tops of the dough on the baking sheet with coarse salt to balance out the sweet. I also left out the raisins (kids won't eat them). They turned out FANTASTIC! Thanks so much for posting the recipe.<br/><br/>Up date: After some more tweaking, I have found the perfect mix for me! I increased the bacon to 12 oz (uncooked), using thick sliced works the best. It is really good with candied bacon too. Added a little more flour (about 2 tbsp) to firm up the dough a little. Flavored with a shake of liquid smoke and 1 tsp mapleine. Made the dough balls 1", sprinked with coarse salt. Baked 10-12 min at 375 deg. FANTASTIC! I can't make enough to keep everyone satisfied!

 

[jbrawlings]

This was a great addition for a breakfast in a bag, to carry to Churchill Downs to watch the Derby contenders practice, very early in the morning. The children liked them, and along with juice, a hard boiled egg, and banana, was a decent nutrient with little fuss or muss. Next time I would add more bacon and less sugar, but that's not a criticism, just a personal preference.