Bacon Cookies!
For the holidays, I've decided to make bacon chocolate-chip cookies. After finding the recipe online and discovering that bacon chocolate isn't half bad, how could I resist?
So far, it's been an expensive undertaking. While I cook, I rarely bake, since when I do, I usually eat at least half of the finished product and I don't need that.
Due to this, of the required ingredients for bacon cookies, I had only the salt, butter, and cinnarmon. The remaining ingredients cost an additional $40. One thing of vanilla extract is $10! Who knew? Add another $20 for a mixer, cookie sheets, and a sifter, and we're looking at more than $60 for these delecacies. But you can't be pinching pennies when you're seeing a bad idea through to the end.
Making the batter was easy. I forgot how much easier baking is that real cooking - the lack of chopping saves a lot of time! The finished product was quite dry so I added one more egg, but besides that I followed the recipe. Most cookie recipes call for two eggs anyhow.
I have to say, it was tough to add that bacon, though. The bacon goes in last, so there comes a point when you have a bowl of delicious cookie dough and you have to pour two cups of bacon into it. That took some serious will power!
Now the batter's chillin' in the fridge. In another 90 minutes or so, I should have some piping hot bacon cookies. Yay!
Here's an action shot - look at all that bacon!
So far, it's been an expensive undertaking. While I cook, I rarely bake, since when I do, I usually eat at least half of the finished product and I don't need that.
Due to this, of the required ingredients for bacon cookies, I had only the salt, butter, and cinnarmon. The remaining ingredients cost an additional $40. One thing of vanilla extract is $10! Who knew? Add another $20 for a mixer, cookie sheets, and a sifter, and we're looking at more than $60 for these delecacies. But you can't be pinching pennies when you're seeing a bad idea through to the end.
Making the batter was easy. I forgot how much easier baking is that real cooking - the lack of chopping saves a lot of time! The finished product was quite dry so I added one more egg, but besides that I followed the recipe. Most cookie recipes call for two eggs anyhow.
I have to say, it was tough to add that bacon, though. The bacon goes in last, so there comes a point when you have a bowl of delicious cookie dough and you have to pour two cups of bacon into it. That took some serious will power!
Now the batter's chillin' in the fridge. In another 90 minutes or so, I should have some piping hot bacon cookies. Yay!
Here's an action shot - look at all that bacon!