Bacon, Bourbon and Peanut Butter Cookies

Bacon, Bourbon and Peanut Butter Cookies

I really should not be left alone in my kitchen with a hangover. There’s a half pound of bacon that has disappeared from my fridge, not a single Bacon, Caramelized Onion and Cheddar Cheese Deviled Egg in sight and a plateful of cookie crumbs sitting beside me. Before there were cookie crumbs there was a plate full of Bacon, Bourbon, Peanut Butter Cookies. Ya, you heard me right. Bacon. Bourbon. Peanut butter. Cookies.

It’s like the 3 best things ever mashed together and baked into a cookie. Which means it’s actually the 4 best things ever.

On another note, is it just my fuzzy head or did that cookie actually come out looking like an alien with a tear drop in his eye?

Ok, back to bacon. And bourbon. And peanut butter. And cookies. If you’re thinking (like I thought) that bacon, bourbon and cookies obviously sound like a great combo, but peanut butter? Trust be, it works.

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Bacon, Bourbon and Peanut Butter Cookies

 

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Author: The Endless Meal

Recipe type: Cookies

Serves: Makes about 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 6 strips bacon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup natural peanut butter
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons bourbon (or 1 tablespoon vanilla)
• ⅓ cup bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Mix together with a fork.
3. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 4 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. After this,Reserve 2 tablespoons of the drippings and set aside to cool. Crumble the bacon, remove (eat) any chewy bits.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with reserved bacon grease until it is smooth. This should take about a minute.
5. Add the peanut butter and beat until well combined (about 1 minute). Beat the brown sugar and granulated sugar together until they are creamy (about 4 minutes), then add the vanilla, egg, and granulated sugar and continue to beat for about 2 minutes.
6. The flour mixture can be added in two additions. Scrape the bowl down as necessary.
7. Add chocolate and bacon chips.
8. Spread the dough out on a baking sheet that has not been greased.
9. For chewy cookies bake for 8-10 minutes.
10. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, and then move them to racks to finish cooling.
11. Keep in an airtight container up to three days.

Notes

These cookies are great for freezing. Then roll into small balls, and place them on a tray to freeze. After the balls have frozen, you can place them in a Ziploc bag.From frozen, bake but let it sit in the oven an extra 2 minutes.