Sea Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Bacon
this will make a large batch of cookies, approximately 60 medium/large sized cookies. Half the recipe for a smaller batch
Author: Robyn
Ingredients
2cupssalted butter4 sticks, softened
1cupwhite sugar
3cupspacked brown sugar
4eggs
1tbspvanilla
5 ½cupsall purpose flour
2teaspoonsmediumcoarse sea salt
2tspbaking soda
3tspbaking powder
1 24ozsemi sweet dark chocolate chips
1 3.5oz.bar Lindt sea salted dark chocolatecut into small pieces
12piecesof cooked baconchopped into small pieces
Instructions
Preheat your oven 360 degrees. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar until it is creams together and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes in a mixer on medium-high speed). Add eggs and vanilla and beat for 2 more minutes. Add baking soda, baking poweder, salt and the flour until the batter is fully mixed (you will want to do this with a mixer if you have one because it will make your hand VERY tired!) Add the chocolate chips and sea salt chocolate bar until they are uniformly mixed in. Next, add the bacon and mix everything together. This is a very thick cookie dough.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper so they are easy to remove later. Drop the cookies onto the sheet in heaping tablespoons, even spaced on the cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes, set your timer to check on them at the 10 minute mark since all ovens bake differently. They will be ready when the edges are slightly browned. Give the cookies a few minutes to cool before moving the parchment paper/cookies to a cool spot.
Serve these with a nice glass of milk. Santa is going to love you for leaving him these cookies!
Notes
original cookie recipe inspired by Savorysweetlife.com