Cookies with chocalte chips and bacon chips

Everything is better with bacon.

Period.

Everything.  There are no exceptions to this rule.  Meats are better with bacon.  Veggies are better with bacon.  Cereal is better with bacon, and yes, COOKIES are better WITH BACON!

Here’s a tantalizing treat you can tempt your family and friends with this Holiday season – Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies.  Savory chocolate chips, crunchy cookie dough, and hearty, thick-sliced bacon pieces.  Here’s the recipe:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) of chocolate chips
• 1/2 pound of bacon

Mix flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Cook bacon in pan or microwave until desired crispness.  Crumble into dough and spoon dough onto baking sheet in small blobs.

Bake 9 – 12 minutes at 375.

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