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Bourbon Bacon Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
These bourbon bacon peanut butter cookies combine three of our favorite flavors into one delicious cookie. It doesn't get better than this!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 27 cookies
Calories: 109 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 8 8 strips Bacon
- 1 ¼ 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
- ½ ½ cup natural peanut butter
- ½ ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 1 large egg
- 3 3 tablespoons bourbon or 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ½ ½ cup bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook the bacon in a large frying pan over medium heat until very crispy, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the pan and, once cool, crumble into small pieces. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the crispy bacon bits to use to top with cookies. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon oil and let it cool. (Put it into a small bowl in your fridge to speed up this step.)
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl.
- In a large bowl, use electric beaters to mix the butter and reserved bacon oil. Add the peanut butter and beat for 1 minute. Add the granulated and light brown sugar and beat until creamy, about 2 minutes. Then add the egg and bourbon and beat until light and fluffy, about two more minutes.
- Add the flour mixture and beat until just combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Stir in the crumbled bacon and chocolate chips.
- Use a medium-sized cookie scoop (about 1 ½ tablespoons) and arrange the cookies 2-inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Gently press down the cookies then top with the 2 tablespoons of crispy bacon.
- Bake for about 10 minutes for chewy cookies or 12 minutes for crispier cookies.
- Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Notes
- These cookies freeze well. Roll into balls and freeze on a tray in your freezer. Once the balls are frozen, you can put them together in a ziploc bag. Bake from frozen but leave in oven for about two extra minutes.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 cookie
Calories
109kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
15g
(5%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
105mg
(4%)
Potassium
62mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
13IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 27cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 109
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 109kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 105mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 62mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 13IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.