Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- For the bacon:
- 8 slices thick cut bacon
- ½ cup brown sugar
- For the cookies:
- ¾ cup butter (softened)
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 6 tbsp white sugar
- 1 egg (whole)
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp ·vanilla
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place bacon in a single layer on a foil lined sheet.
- Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon strips.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until crispy, making sure to turn bacon over after 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place on a wire rack for cooling.
- Once bacon has cooled chop it finely.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Sift flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda.
- In a medium bowl with a stand mixer, cream butter with the white and brown sugar.
- Add vanilla, egg, and egg yolk to the bowl and beat until light and creamy.
- Add flour mixture slowly and mix well.
- Add diced candied bacon and chocolate chips and stir until just combined.
- Scoop golf ball sized balls of dough (I use an ice cream scoop) on a lined cookie sheet and bake for 13-15 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
- Remove from oven and let cookies sit on the pan for a couple of minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool.
- Try not to eat them all in one serving! Store in a sealed container.
