recipe: bacon chocolate chip cookies

i saw bacon choc chip cookies on a few diff cooking blogs... my gut instinct was GROSS until i thought about it for a few seconds... and thought genious YUM. seemed like a good quick/easy recipe for New Years Eve. i used the original Nestle Toll House cookie recipe as the base, which makes about 60 cookies.

ingredients list:
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar + additional for bacon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3 tbsp mable syrup
- 3/4 (12 oz) package chocolate chips
- 7 pieces bacon, divided (note: i used 7 originally, but wished the cookies had more bacon... if i made them again i'd use 9-11 pieces)



douse me in brown suga and bake me up 
mmmmmnn yeah. xoxo, bacon

 to make: preheat oven to 350 degrees. place a wire rack over a foil-lined baking sheet, and line bacon on top of rack. sprinkle with brown sugar, then bake for about 20 minutes, until crisp. remove and set aside, then crumble when it has cooled (this is my favorite way to cook bacon... it is always cooked evenly, and maintains it's perfect bacony shape...works best for thick cut bacon).

in a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. beat butter, sugars, syrup, and vanilla in a large mixer bowl until creamy. add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. gradually beat in flour mixture until completely combined. stir in bacon, reserving 2-3 pieces for 'bacon sprinkles'.

drop by rounded spoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets, sprinkling with a bit of the reserved bacon sprinkles. bake for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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verdict: love the idea of these, whatever sick effer was the first one to make them was a genious. as with anything, all i could think was "MORE BACON", but even as is they were great. quintessential chocolate chip cooky AND sweet & salty bacon zing... hell yes. nice all-american fatty cooky. 7 *******.