Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes, you read that correct... BACON chocolate chip cookies... and they are (and I quote) "de-friggen-lightful!"

Got the recipe from the "Make it Paleo" cookbook by Bill Staley and Hayley Mason... I wish I could take credit for it because they are that good!!


*Disclaimer: though the chocolate chips are dairy, nut and soy free they are not considered totally Paleo, so if you are doing a Paleo Challenge or staying completely 100% Paleo this recipe will cost you points. Also for the bacon to be considered Paleo it should be nitrate free.*

What you need:
- 6 Slices of Bacon (I use the thick sliced applewood from the deli counter, the thicker the better)

- 1/4 Cup Pure Maple Syrup

- 3 Cups Almond Flour

- 1 Tsp Baking Soda

- 1 Tsp Salt

- 2 Eggs

- 1/2 Cup Pure Maple Syrup

- 1 Tsp Vanilla

- 1/2 Cup Coconut Oil

- Half a bag of chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life)

What you do:
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees

- Put 6 slices of bacon in a small dish and pour 1/4 Cup of maple syrup over them and toss around to coat each slice.

- Lay bacon on parchment lined (or tin foil lined) baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes

- Remove from oven and allow to cool than crumble into small pieces

- Adjust oven temp to 375 Degrees

- In large bowl mix almond flour, baking soda and salt

- In a smaller bowl with a hand mixer, mix eggs, 1/2 cup maple syrup and vanilla

- Add wet ingredients into dry and mix with hand mixer

- Melt coconut oil and add to mix with hand mixer

- Stir in chocolate chips and bacon bits

- Drop tablespoon size balls on cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes.

- Remove immediately from cookie sheet and put on cooling rack

- Surprise all your friends at how good BACON is in a chocolate chip cookie!!