Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bacon

I know it sounds a little strange and different. Chocolate is awesome and bacon is awesome, but together? Let me reassure you, these cookies are awesome! I get asked to make them all the time and there are never any left.  They’re super simple to make and happen to be gluten free to! Bonus.

Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies

• 1tsp baking soda
• 1tsp salt
• 1tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1.5 cup of semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup of coconut oil
• 3/4 cup of maple syrup (1/2 cup for the cookie batter, 1/4 cup for the candied bacon)
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups of almond flour
• 5 pieces of raw bacon

Process

1. Preheat oven to bake at 350°F.
2. In a medium size mixing bowl, toss bacon in ¼ cup maple syrup.
3. Lay bacon on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
5. Remove bacon from oven, and allow to cool.
6. Crumble candied bacon for cookie batter.
7. Heat oven to 375°F.
8. In a medium-sized mixing bowl combine dry ingredients.
9. In a small mixing bowl beat eggs, 1/2 cup maple syrup, and vanilla extract with a hand mixer.
10. Pour wet ingredients into dry and beat with hand mixer until combined.
11. Add melted coconut oil into batter, and continue to blend until combined.
12. Stir in chocolate chips and candied bacon.
13. Drop balls of dough on parchment-lined baking sheet, about a tablespoon in size.
14. Bake cookies for 15 minutes at 375°F.
15. Let cool and serve

Thank you to Robins Sweet Confessions for this guest recipe.

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