Bacon Cookies
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Bacon Cookies
Description
The recipe starts by browning butter until golden and nutty, then cooling it before creaming with light brown and granulated sugars. Eggs and vanilla are added, followed by a whisked combination of flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. This stiff batter incorporates chopped semisweet chocolate, caramel pieces, and plenty of crumbled cooked bacon. Some flaky sea salt is reserved for sprinkling atop the cookies before baking.
The mixture is portioned onto parchment-lined sheets and baked at 375°F. The result is cookies with a slightly crisp edge, chewy center, and layers of flavor from the salty bacon, sweet caramel, and rich chocolate underscored by browned butter aroma.
This combination of flavors offers an elevated cookie experience with a balance of savory, sweet, and rich components.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg room temperature, large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- sea salt optional, flaky; for sprinkling
- ⅔ cup caramel bits I cut 12 soft caramels into 6 pieces each, or chopped caramels
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate finely chopped, bar
- ½ Bacon about 5 slices, heaping cup, crumbled
Instructions
First, brown your butter:
- Place butter in a medium-sized saucepan and melt over medium/low heat.
- Once butter has melted, increase stovetop heat to just above medium heat and stir constantly. The butter will begin to bubble and sizzle. Keep stirring.
- Once you notice bits beginning to turn golden brown on the bottom, remove the butter from heat and pour into a large heatproof bowl. Let this cool to room temperature before proceeding.
Cookie Dough
- Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Once butter is no longer warm to the touch, add sugars and stir well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir until completely combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt (not the sea salt, reserve that for topping).
- Gradually (in 4-5 parts) add your flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until ingredients are completely combined after each addition. Batter will be stiff, this is normal.
- Add caramel pieces, chopped chocolate, and crumbled bacon and stir until combined.
- Scoop dough into 2 Tablespoon-sized scoops and gently roll in your hands to form a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies 2” apart.
- Bake on 375F (190C) for 9-11 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are beginning to turn golden brown. Immediately sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet then enjoy.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 293 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 293kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 46mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 258mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 112mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 314IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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