Bacon Cookies with Homemade Caramel Icing

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:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use parchment paper to cover.
3. In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the cookie ingredients.
4. Then mix and fold dough. Make sure that all ingredients are well blended.  Form a large ball of dough.
5. 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.
6. Then just lightly press down on each ball to flatten slightly.
7. Bake for about 13 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden.
8. Let cool completely.

Icing:

1. In a sauce pan, bring butter, brown sugar, and milk to a boil.
2. Then cook on low heat for 2 minutes. Do not stir.
3. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
4. Then stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.
5. Beat with mixer until thickened. If your mixture is too thin, you can add 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
6. 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!

Love this recipe and want more ideas?  Try the cookie recipes below!

• Aloha Cookies
• Milky Way Cookies
• Snickers Cookies
• Reese’s Pieces Cookies
• Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Bacon Cookies

Author Angie Holden

What You Will Need

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.