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Bacon cookies are the perfect mix of sweet with salty. You really must try this recipe just one time. I think you will be hooked! Sugar cookies made from scratch topped with homemade caramel icing and sprinkled with bits of bacon. Now doesn’t that sound like heaven?
Bacon Cookies Ingredients
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Cookies:
- 1 and a 1/2 cups Butter
- 4 Eggs
- 3 cups Sugar
- 6 cups Flour
- 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 4 teaspoons Vanilla
Icing:
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- Real Bacon Bits
Instructions:
Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use parchment paper to cover.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the cookie ingredients.
- Then mix and fold dough. Make sure that all ingredients are well blended. Form a large ball of dough.
- Spoon out dough and then make small dough balls, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Place these on your prepared cookie sheet approximately two inches apart.
- Then just lightly press down on each ball to flatten slightly.
- Bake for about 13 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden.
- Let cool completely.
Icing:
- In a sauce pan, bring butter, brown sugar, and milk to a boil.
- Then cook on low heat for 2 minutes. Do not stir.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- Then stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Beat with mixer until thickened. If your mixture is too thin, you can add 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
- Ice your cookies and then sprinkle with bacon bits.
Dive into a plate of bacon cookies for any occasion you might be celebrating. Me? I tend to celebrate Mondays. I mean….why not? With bacon cookies, every day is a holiday!
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Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 and a 1/2 cups Butter
- 4 Eggs
- 3 cups Sugar
- 6 cups Flour
- 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 4 teaspoons Vanilla
Icing
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- Real Bacon Bits
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use parchment paper to cover.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the cookie ingredients.
- Then mix and fold dough. Make sure that all ingredients are well blended. Form a large ball of dough.
- Spoon out dough and then make small dough balls, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Place these on your prepared cookie sheet approximately two inches apart.
- Then just lightly press down on each ball to flatten slightly.
- Bake for about 13 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden.
- Let cool completely.
Icing
- In a sauce pan, bring butter, brown sugar, and milk to a boil.
- Then cook on low heat for 2 minutes. Do not stir.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- Then stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Beat with mixer until thickened. If your mixture is too thin, you can add 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
- Ice your cookies and then sprinkle with bacon bits.
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Ushmana Palmo Rai says
Whoah! Can you put bacon in cookies? This is a great innovation, definitely trying this right away.
please don’t stop posting more recipes!
I love this, love from Nepal xoxo