Chocolate Bacon Cookie Crunch

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temp
• 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/3 cup Brown Sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons Southern Comfort
• 1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
• 12 ounces (2 cups) Semisweet or milk choclate chips
• 12 Slices thick sliced bacon, cooked crisp and broken in pieces.
• Coarse salt or coarse sugar or a combination of both, optional
• Cayenne pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 375*rnCream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
2. Add Southern Comfort and combine well.
3. Add flour and mix until just combined
4. Spread evenly onto 15x10" ungreased baking sheet.rnBake for 17 minutes until well browned
5. Remove from oven and immediately top with chocolate chips.rnLet them sit a bit then spread with an offset spatula while they melt.
6. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper.rnTop with bacon and press in a bit.rnSprinkle with Salt and/or sugar, if using.
7. Let cool completely. Cut into 48 pieces or break apart into irregular shapes.

butter, sugar, brown sugar, southern comfort, flour, choclate chips, bacon, salt, cayenne pepper

Taken from food52.com/recipes/74185-chocolate-bacon-cookie-crunch (may not work)