Alright, let’s talk about these cookies for a hot second. They’re savoury, sweet, and chewy. The crunch from the candied bacon really adds to this special PB cookie. Now, before you make any haste judgements, just hear me out. I’ve always seen chocolate chip cookies with bacon, but that just doesn’t settle with me. Peanut butter and bacon on the other hand, is just like the Elvis Presley hamburger, but better, maybe.

Using the regular PB cookie recipe, all you gotta do now, is quickly candy the bacon strips, add them into the batter, and your sweet and savoury buds will be forever satiated.

ingredients:

– 1 egg
– 3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter (I typically buy the medium size jar, and use all of it.)
– 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
– 1/2 cup of brown sugar
– 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
– 1 TBSP vanilla extract
– 3/4 cup and 2 TBSP of regular flour
– 3/4 cup of cake flour
– 1/2 TSP baking soda
– 1/2 – 1 cup of candied bacon bits

Candied bacon

– preheat oven to 350/180 degrees
– lay out all your bacon strips onto the cookie sheet.
– generously sprinkle brown sugar over the strips.
– bake for 8 minutes
– pull the sheet out, flip the strips, reapply the brown sugar, and bake again for another 8 minutes.
– take out the sheet and let the bacon cool to room temperature.
– cut the strips into cubes, or however big you’d like your bacon bits to be.

the way:

– mix the egg, butters, sugars, and vanilla. Beat until fully combined/creamy.
– add the flours and baking soda, and mix until combined.
– add in the bacon bits, and with your hands, gently knead them into the mixture.
– use a cookie scooper or your hands, roll the dough into balls. Then as a signature PB cookie always calls for: flatten the dough a touch, and use a fork to create a tic-tac-toe shape.
– place the formed dough into the fridge, and let it set for about an hour.
– preheat the oven to 350/180 degrees and bake for about 9 minutes, or until the edges have set.
– when you take them out, let them cool down for a bit. They’ll be pretty soft and will crumble if you touch them right away.