Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
Yields: 60 cookies
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter (It has been suggested that using 1 full cup of butter works best due to cookie dough dryness)
- 2⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg (It has been suggested that using 2 eggs works best due to cookie dough dryness)
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups bacon bits (if preferred, you can separate the dough into two parts and only make half of the dough into bacon c)
Maple cinnamon glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
- An important note- Be sure to use real bacon bits, not Bacos *See large print at the bottom of this post*.
- Also, you can make your own bacon bits, just make sure you pat down the bacon chunks with paper towels to remove as much extra bacon grease as possible.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- Beat together the butter, sugars, flavouring and eggs until creamy.
- In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir together.
- Dough will be slightly soft. If you want a cakier cookie, add another half cup of flour.
- Add in chocolate chips and bacon bits. Stir until well integrated.
- Place dough on a sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least an hour.
- Remove dough from fridge, pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces of dough and roll into balls.
- Set dough balls about 2 inches apart on.
- an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough balls slightly with your fingers in the center.
- Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to turn golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack while you make the glaze.
- Maple cinnamon glaze Reipe.
- 2 cups powdered sugar.
- 1 tablespoon maple extract.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (It has been suggested that 1 teaspoon may be a bit much, so go ahead and add to taste).
- Enough water to make a thick glaze.
- Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If lumpy, use a whisk.
- Spread a small amount of the glaze on the top of each cookie and top with a small piece of crisp cooked bacon.
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