Peanut Brittle Bacon Cookies

Salty and sweet make a delicious combination in cookies. This recipe combines two unusual cookie ingredients - salty bacon and sweet peanut brittle - in a rich, buttery drop cookie dough.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 cup peanut brittle, cracked into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 1/2 cups bacon, crisply cooked and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
2. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in eggs, one at a time.
4. Add peanut butter and mix until incorporated.
5. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
6. Add the dry ingredients one cup at a time to the butter mixture, scraping the bowl as needed.
7. Stir in peanut brittle and bacon.
8. Roll dough into 1/2 inch balls and place on prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with the palm of your hand to about 1 inch in diameter.
9. Bake about 15 minutes, or until the edges begin to lightly brown.
10. Remove cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
11. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.