Cookies with bacon is so wrong, and yet so right

12-19-2007 @5:12PM Muffin said... Heh... Yeah, I made the bacon cookies, which for a few days were some sort of strange internet phenomena.

About 20 people have made the bacon cookies since I posted the recipe, and I'm happy to report that with only a few suggestions (some said the cinnamon was too overpowering in the glaze, some said the dough needed more egg or more butter, some people didn't like white chocolate so they used milk chocolate, that sort of thing) The consensus is just as I thought. Bacon cookies are pretty tasty, though not something anyone would really make just to have hanging around in the cookie jar.

They're definately an "event" cookie, which is just fine. Let them be the conversation starter at your next party. That'd be awesome.

But as the first commenter said, there IS bacon in the cookies. 2 cups of bacon, actually. The bacon on top is merely the eye catching topper, to alert your friends and guests that "yes, this bacon DOES have bacon in it."

Also, in response to what the above commenter said about rude comments, I just got a new one today, actually! Apparently bacon cookies are disgusting filth. Who knew! *smile*

Oh, and thank you for featuring my cookies on your site! I love Slashfood, I check it every day!

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12-19-2007 @8:54PM Lonnie said... I made the cookies a week or so ago, and they are outstanding. I did find the glaze a little much, but the cookies themselves were excellent.

Thanks for posting these and spreading the legend.
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12-20-2007 @12:41AM sam said... Desert bacon? Old hat, I say. Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, OR (from where this comment comes) has served their bacon maple bar since they opened their doors in 2003. Just imagine your basic, everyday (though this operation is far from basic and everyday) maple bar topped with a perfectly crisped rasher embedded in the icing. Mmmmm. . .

Also, last year a friend of mine made a bold challenge to my statement that bacon makes everything better. She simply replied with a question - "what about icecream?", she asked. Uh. . .Hmm. Aha! "Why don't you make me some, then ask me again?", I countered. Long story short, she made some. . .from scratch. Handcrafted vanilla bean with dark chocolate chips and maple syrup swirls with - yep, you guessed it - bits of superbly crisped bacon culled from one of Portland's best grocers. My verdict: Though it was good in an 'interesting sort of way', I would not venture to say that bacon makes icecream better. Cookies and doughnuts? Perhaps. Icecream? Not so much.
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12-20-2007 @9:32AM eric said... 'Desert bacon'
- noun

1. Bacon procured from the endangered pigs of the Mojave Desert
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12-20-2007 @5:47PM Kat K. said... On a random note - I'd actually fantasized about bacon chocolate chip cookies - even got our photo ed to make a mock-up.

http://food.aol.com/best-to-put-bacon-on

And there - you've made it flesh. Succulent, savory, salty flesh. Bless you.


"Bacon Would Be Delicious On...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Wanna be the hero of the office break room? Set out a plate of these salt-studded bad boys, nod knowingly amidst the choruses of "OhmygoshIcouldn'tpossibly!" and "Dudeareyounuts?" and sit back and take note of who slinks outta there with a bacon-glazed grin on their satisfied face later that afternoon."
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12-20-2007 @5:56PM lan lan said... "The Fat Duck" is one of the michelin rated top 10 restaurants in the world and recently has been #1 on the list.

They use chemistry on their cooking and produce a nitrogen bacon and egg icecream

http://www.fatduck.co.uk/menu_degustation.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52391789@N00/526713555/
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12-20-2007 @5:58PM lan lan said... Re SAM "She simply replied with a question - "what about icecream?".....

"The Fat Duck" is one of the michelin rated top 10 restaurants in the world and recently has been #1 on the list.

They use chemistry on their cooking and produce a nitrogen bacon and egg icecream

http://www.fatduck.co.uk/menu_degustation.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52391789@N00/526713555/
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12-21-2007 @12:23PM Tim said... I guess bad publicity is no publicity, but it feels odd to repeat this mantra so much when I see Andrea's post being circulated around in the couple of weeks since she posted. At least let's get the facts straight:

First, to address the indignant comments here and elsewhere, she never claimed to have invented the idea. She made some, took pictures, and posted the recipe.

Second, to address the original poster's comment that "the bacon isn't inside the chocolate chip cookie," I wonder if you took the time to read the post or the recipe.
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12-21-2007 @12:43PM Tim said... I guess bad publicity is still publicity, but it feels odd to repeat this mantra so much when I see Andrea's post being circulated around in the couple of weeks since she posted. At least let's get the facts straight:

First, to address the indignant comments here and elsewhere, she never claimed to have invented the idea. She made some, took pictures, and posted the recipe.

Second, to address the original poster's comment that "the bacon isn't inside the chocolate chip cookie," I wonder if you took the time to read the post or the recipe.


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12-22-2007 @6:52PM BuffyJo1976 said... These were better than the best cookies I have ever tasted!! WONDERFUL! I will definatly be making these again!! :)
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12-28-2007 @8:04PM Great for your cholesterol, too! said... HEART ATTACK WAITING TO HAPPEN!!
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12-28-2007 @9:54PM RinaD said... Bacon Breakfast Cookies
1/2 pound bacon
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup of flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups of multi-grain flakes or corn flakes
1/2 cup raisins or shredded cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook bacon until very crisp, drain well and break into 1/2 inch pieces. Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour and baking soda; stir into butter mixture. Stir in bacon, mult-grain flakes and raisins.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Space 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Remove to rack to cool--about 2 minutes, then remove from rack. Yield: 36 cookies.
I have made these and brought them to work on 3 different occasions. Each time, they disappeared in less than 15 minutes...'nuff said!!

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12-28-2007 @10:56PM Wolfster said... Once when I was a kid, I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and greased the cookie sheet with bacon grease, coz we were out of shortening. I'd forgotten about it until reading these bacon-cookie posts. It made a nice savory-but-subtle contrasting taste in the cookie.
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12-29-2007 @12:03AM mike n said... Don't worry, junk food always taste good.
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12-29-2007 @2:45AM TimzMiata said... Well it IS different. This gives me an idea too. I'm not sure how they taste but, I'll try anything once.
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12-30-2007 @1:05PM skiteacher said... Well I'll just have to try them... I've used bacon drippings in pie crust for apple pie, for years and it's mighty tasty. [instead of shortening] Even crumbled a little on the top crust for the shock value!
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