Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello internet :)

Since I have started this blog, I have started paying attention to other baking/cooking blogs. One blog in particular that I am a huge fan of is the Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy blog and as I was reading it the other day, I came across a recipe for Candied Bacon-Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Well, I was immediately intrigued, because I love the taste of salty and sweet together, so I decided to make them. Needless to say, they were quite interesting. They've been described as "delicious chocolate chip cookies, with a smack of bacon" (anyone that gets that reference gets bonus points). I used the candied bacon recipe from the above mentioned blog and used my own chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Candied Bacon

8 slices of bacon
1/2 cup of brown sugar, divided

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2. Place the bacon on a cooking sheet lined with foil, shinny side down.
3. Cover bacon pieces with half of brown sugar.
4. Bake for 15 minutes.
5. Take bacon out of the oven and flip; cover with remaining brown sugar.
6. Bake until a deep mahogany color. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack.
7. When cooled completely, chop into fine bits.

**Note: immediately move bacon to the cooling rack or else the sugar will harden the bacon to the foil.

I know they look burned, but they are not!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. (2 sticks) of unsalted butter, soften
3/4 c. of granulated sugar
3/4 c. of brown sugar (plus a little bit more...probably about 1/8 c.)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 c. milk chocolate chips
Candied bacon, finely chopped

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F.
2. In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt and mix thoroughly.
3. Cream butter, sugars, and vanilla together until creamy.
4. Add the eggs to the butter/sugar mixture one at a time and mix thoroughly.
5. Gradually beat in the flour mixture until well combined.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and bacon.
7. Bake for 9-11 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and put on cooling rack.
8. Eat and enjoy.

Finished Product!

Well, internet, enjoy these cookies if you decide to make them :) Look for Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce soon!