chocolate, peanut butter, and bacon cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pound bacon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (13 ounce) package miniature peanut butter cups, chopped
• 1/4 cup peanut butter

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins Ready Time: 42 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. drain the bacon slices on paper towels.
• mix flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. beat 1 egg into butter mixture. beat second egg into mixture along with the vanilla extract; add flour mixture and mix well into a cookie dough. crumble bacon and add to the dough with the chopped peanut butter cups; fold bacon and peanut butter cup chunks through the dough. drop peanut butter in small amounts into the dough and swirl into the dough, but not mixing completely to integrate.
• drop spoonfuls of dough baking sheets.
• bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 12 minutes.