Decadent bacon chocolate chip cookies from a famous butcher: Try the recipe
German butcher in NYC Schaller & Weber shared this fun spin on classic chocolate chip cookies.
"The bacon chocolate chip cookie recipe is one of the best twists on a classic recipe, adding salty to sweet," says Jesse Denes, VP at Schaller & Weber, a German butcher established on New York City’s Upper East Side in 1937. Read More on Fox News
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies created by Nina Fraizer Hansen for Schaller & Weber
Makes 16-20 cookies
Prep time: 45 minutes
Cook time: 12-15 minutes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- ½ cup rendered bacon fat
- ¾ cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1.5 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup cooked, diced bacon lardons
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Cut ½-pound bacon into lardons, and if necessary, cook on low heat until golden brown.
- Set aside ¼-cup rendered bacon fat and place in freezer to solidify or use rendered bacon fat that you have on hand.
- Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder and set aside.
- Cream butter and bacon fat together until smooth, adding sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Cut bacon lardons into smaller pieces, add the bacon pieces and chocolate chips and integrate into the dough.
- Scoop dough into 1.5-inch balls and place on parchment paper lined bacon sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes until cookies are golden brown.
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