Chocolate Pecan Candied Bacon Cookie
- 1 pound Thick Cut Bacon
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cups Honey
- 8 ounces, weight Bittersweet Chocolate
- 10 ounces, weight Chopped Pecans
- 1/2 cups Butter
- 1 cup Shortening
- 3 whole Eggs
- 1-1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 3-1/2 cups Flour
- This is a 3 part recipe.
- First- Candy the bacon (first 3 ingredients)
- 1. Preheat oven to 375F.
- 2. On a baking sheet with sides, lay out one pound of thick cut bacon. Cover each slice with half of the brown sugar and drizzle with half of the honey.
- 3. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- 4. Turn bacon over and coat with brown sugar and honey then return to the oven for an additional 10-12 minutes.
- 5. Remove from the oven, let cool partially and then remove from pan and set aside.
- 6. Once cooled, chop into medium size pieces.
- Second- Chocolate cover the pecans (ingredients 4 and 5):
- 1. Melt chocolate in the microwave (about a minute and a half in 30 second increments stirring between each increment).
- 2. Pour pecans into chocolate and stir well to coat.
- 3. Spread pecans on a pan covered with wax paper or a baking mat and refrigerate until set.
- 4. Remove from refrigerator and break pecan mixture into pieces. Return to refrigerator until ready to use.
- Third-Make cookie dough (remaining ingredients):
- 1. Cream together butter, shortening, eggs, vanilla and sugars.
- 2. Add salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour.
- 3. Mix well.
- 4. Fold candied bacon and chocolate covered pecans into the cookie dough.
- 5. Scoop about 2 Tablespoons of dough and then roll into balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- 6. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly brown.
- 7. Cool on pan for 3-5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-pecan-candied-bacon-cookie/ (may not work)