Bacon and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Candied Bacon
8 slices center cut thick bacon
1/2 C brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350.

Place bacon in a single layer on a foil-lined sheet.

Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon strips. Bake 20-30 minutes or until crispy, turning bacon over
     after 15 minutes

Remove bacon from the oven and place on a wire rack for cooling.

Once bacon has cooled chop it finely.

Cookies
2 1/4 C flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 C white sugar
1 C brown sugar
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
3/4 C butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 T vanilla
2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips

Reduce oven temperature to 325

Sift flour and baking soda.

In a medium bowl, cream butter with the white and brown sugar.

Add vanilla, egg and egg yolk.  Beat until light and creamy.

Add flour mixture and mix well.

Add diced candied bacon and chocolate chips. Stir until just combined.

Place golf ball sized balls of dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges are browned.

Remove from oven and let cookies sit on cookie sheet a few minutes before transferring to wire rack.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies