Bacon-Chocolate Chip-Peanut Butter Cookies

How was My first post not about cookies? How was it not about bacon?

Ahhh bacon. :-) Mmmmm.

Ahhh cookies. :-) Mmmmm.

So is it "Ahhh bacon cookies. :-) Mmmmm." or "Ahh!! Bacon cookies. >:O Bleeeaahhh."?

Let's find out.

This recipe is from Food Network Magazine. (I warned you!) It's available here.

The Concept:

Cookies are good. I eat cookies. Bacon is good. I eat bacon. Bacon and cookies are good. I eat bacon and cookies. "Lightbulb" yet?

The Ingredients:

Bacon (Duh!), Chocolate chips, and the makings of peanut butter cookie dough.

WIdTOTs:

1. Leave out the chili powder - Let's face it. Bacon's salty and savory, so what's the chili powder supposed to do? That's rhetorical. You can't taste it anyway.
   
2. Mush the chocolate chips into the peanut butter dough BEFORE you ball it out - This is not as easy as it sounds. There's a reason You don't see chocolate-chip peanut butter cookies at your local chippery. Peanut butter cookie dough is not meant to hold chocolate chips. But in this recipe, You're putting the bacon on top and there's just not room for the chips too. You'll make it work. I have faith in You. :-*
3. Cut the bacon BEFORE you cook it - It's much easier to get a consistent chunk and it looks better on your cookie. (Better looking food tastes better.)
4. The Kicker: Don't tell your SigO that You put bacon on their cookie - ...unless of course you were particularly mischievous the last time you said "Close your eyes, sweetheart. Trust me."

The Finished Product:

Sweet. Salty. Satisfying. While I won't put this up there with nacho-cheese-chocolate-chips, it's definitely on par for a savory sweet kick to your taste buds. I'll definitely be making these again. Come on. You know You're thinking it. "Sure. Why not?"

Bacon cookies for breakfast? Yes, please!

-Cade