A bacon infused sweet treat; The Butterscotch with bacon cookie.
I have a friend who was having an art sail, of her own work at her home. She asked me if I would bake some cookies for the showing. I agreed to it, figuring that I would perform a little culinary artistry of my own. I made Toll House cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, peanut butter cookies, and my own butterscotch bacon cookies. All of them were received well. But the butterscotch-bacon cookies piqued curiosities, and then elicited compliments from everyone who ate them. I was asked for the recipe numerous times. I didn't have it with me to give to them. But I have it for you.
First, butterscotch: I give your this site as the author does a wonderful job of describing the process, but with pictures. Very nice.
Butterscotch Sauce Recipe, How to Make Butterscotch | Simply Recipes
Cookie Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 butterscotch sauce (room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups butterscotch morsels
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup crispy bacon bits
Cream together the sugar, butter, and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a seperate bowl. Stir until well mixed. Whisk the egg into the the sugar mixture until smooth. Mix in the butterscotch. Add the flour mixture and stir until smooth. Finally, fold in the morsels, bacon bits, and nuts.
Drop two tablespoons of batter onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F. for 9 minutes.
Enjoy.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North