-
1
This is a 3 part recipe.
-
2
First- Candy the bacon (first 3 ingredients)
-
3
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
-
4
2. On a baking sheet with sides, lay out one pound of thick cut bacon. Cover each slice with half of the brown sugar and drizzle with half of the honey.
-
5
3. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
-
6
4. Turn bacon over and coat with brown sugar and honey then return to the oven for an additional 10-12 minutes.
-
7
5. Remove from the oven, let cool partially and then remove from pan and set aside.
-
8
6. Once cooled, chop into medium size pieces.
-
9
Second- Chocolate cover the pecans (ingredients 4 and 5):
-
10
1. Melt chocolate in the microwave (about a minute and a half in 30 second increments stirring between each increment).
-
11
2. Pour pecans into chocolate and stir well to coat.
-
12
3. Spread pecans on a pan covered with wax paper or a baking mat and refrigerate until set.
-
13
4. Remove from refrigerator and break pecan mixture into pieces. Return to refrigerator until ready to use.
-
14
Third-Make cookie dough (remaining ingredients):
-
15
1. Cream together butter, shortening, eggs, vanilla and sugars.
-
16
2. Add salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour.
-
17
3. Mix well.
-
18
4. Fold candied bacon and chocolate covered pecans into the cookie dough.
-
19
5. Scoop about 2 Tablespoons of dough and then roll into balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
-
20
6. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly brown.
-
21
7. Cool on pan for 3-5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.
