Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies
These bacon grease chocolate chip cookies blend sweet and salty in the best way. They're rich, chewy, and easy to make with everyday ingredients
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Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 3 tablespoons bacon grease
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- sea salt Maldon for top of cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat mats.
- In a bowl, cream together butter, bacon grease, and sugars until fluffy, ~3 minutes, scraping down sides as needed.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat another 1-2 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add in stages to the wet mixture and incorporate fully.
- Mix in chocolate chips.
- Place tablespoon-sized balls of dough on each baking sheet. Sprinkle sea salt on top.
- Bake 12-13 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
- Remove and transfer cookies to a cooling rack.