I’m pulling up a recipe from the archives, so pardon the horrible photography. I swear I’ve gotten a little bit better at taking photos from two years ago. The reason I don’t have a new recipe is because I’ve been a bit lazy lately — cooking my go-tos or just having a turkey burger. I’m going to make a pot roast tomorrow if it’s the last thing I do!!
Anyway, these cookies are da bomb. They actually took first place in a “Bacon Off” contest – a cooking contest in which bacon is an ingredient in the recipe. Surprisingly, you can’t really taste the bacon… just a slight saltiness. They are really good, but just warn any vegetarians that reach for the cookies!!
I originally found this recipe at Joy the Baker, a blog I read on a regular basis. Her’s are chocolate chip-less, but I am a chocoholic so I HAD to add them in and I am SO glad I did. I also doubled the recipe because more cookies are always better. Duh.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 2 cups sugar (1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup granulated sugar)
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 handfuls of chocolate chips (or more!)
- 12 slices of bacon, cooked, cooled and diced
- (I cooked my bacon in the microwave b/c it’s faster and creates less of a mess, it also tends to get nice and crispy)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease 2 baking sheets with butter and set aside. In a mixer combine peanut butter and sugars until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and baking soda and mix for another 2 minutes. Fold in cooked bacon and chips. Roll into large walnut sized balls and create a cris-cross pattern with a fork. Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
My hubby LOVES anything with bacon. This will be a nice treat for him when he comes home this weekend! Also, we prefer to cook our bacon on a baking stone in the oven. The only mess is draining the oil and scrapping/washing the stone with hot water — easy peasy. I originally bought the stone to make bar desserts, but it has been dedicated to mostly cooking bacon and is very well seasoned.
Is this really a flour-less recipe?
Yep! They are gluten free… I should’ve mentioned that!
Never mind. I answered my own question when I clicked on the link to the original blog post. “The cookie itself is a more delicate, crumbly peanut butter cookie due to the absence of butter and flour.” Looking forward to baking these tomorrow!