These chocolate chips cookies are infused with bacon fat AND bacon to grant them a complex salty-sweet-savory flavor and crisp, chewy texture. Makes 55-60 teaspoon-size cookies. Originally posted at Holy Taco Church. Modified from Something Swanky.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: bacon, chocolate, cookies
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
1cupunsalted butterroom temperature
1Tbbacon fatsolidified
1cupbrown sugarpacked
1/2cupwhite sugar
2eggsroom temperature
1 1/2tspvanilla extract
2 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1tspsea salt
1/2tspbaking soda
2cupsmilk chocolate chipsor semi-sweet
1/2cupbaconcooked and chopped, about 4 thick strips
additional sea salt for tops
Instructions
Beat together the butter, bacon fat, brown sugar, and white sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
Add the flour, salt, and baking soda to form the dough. Gradually mix in the chocolate chips and then the bacon.
Chill the dough for a minimum or two hours, covered with plastic wrap, up to a few days.
Preheat oven to 375-degrees. Use a teaspoon scoop to dole out dough onto a pan and sprinkle a little extra sea salt over the tops to add some savory oomph. Bake for 10-12 minutes; let cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes, then transition to a rack.