I’m making Toll House cookies the other day (the absolute best chocolate chip cookie recipe – bar NONE – I will not even hear your comments to the contrary) when a light pops over my head…

There is bacon that I cooked in the fridge, I write a bacon blog and since day one I have consistently run into stories/recipes for chocolate chip bacon cookies.

Hmmmmm.  How could this NOT be a good idea?

So with one trays worth of dough left, it was time to add the bacon!

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I’ve had a massive sweet tooth during the holidays so I thought that we could start out the “Better with Bacon” segment for the new year with something that makes my teeth hurt a little just looking at the picture…

Oh, and it’s REAL simple!!

Hit the jump to see this recipe… [Read more →]

I don’t know what it is, but I am soooooo hungry today!  So hungry in fact that this looked REALLY good!!

It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s got bacon , it’s…

The Peanut Butter Bacon Banana Boat.

Told you I was hungry.

Exact quote from the site where I found this:

A recipe for an easy delicious healthy sandwich like Elvis Presley loved.

It’s the word “healthy” that made me laugh.  BTW, if you really dig the banana/peanut butter thing, go to the Twisted Spoke in Chicago and get the Elvis French Toast.  Yummy! and good for curing any issues from the night before

Anywho, recipe after the jump: [Read more →]

So simple, so mouth watering delicious…my kind of recipe! 

Let’s get our cooking on, shall we? [Read more →]

Today’s recipe is a little more involved then those I typically gravitate too, but it’s looked and sounded so good that I thought I share.

It actually comes from Melissa d’Arabian, who was the winner of this last season’s “The Next Food Network Star”

Potato-Bacon Torte [Read more →]

Apples and pig ALWAYS go together!!  So in that spirit, today we feature a nice twist to that seasonal staple the caramel apple.

Sadly, there was no photo of this wonderful treat, so you’ll have to suffer with this incredibly poor artist rendition…

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I’m a BIG fan of a good bean soup and this looked real tasty!!  This would be a great dinner after a long day raking leaves or just sittin’ on your butt watchin’ football (which really would be more like it with me…).

Nice job Sandy! Recipe after the jump. [Read more →]

You want simple and easy bacon recipes?  Well you don’t get simpler than this…and at this time of year with your (my) garden spewing forth cherry tomatoes…

Bacon and Cherry Tomato Skewers

[photo via Richard Hartog, Los Angeles Times] 

Ingredients:

• Bacon
• Cherry Tomatoes

Directions:

1. Cut each strip of bacon in thirds lengthwise.
2. Wrap each bacon piece around a cherry tomato and thread them onto skewers.
3. Grill over a medium fire until browned and crisp, about 10 minutes. If the fire starts to flare up, move the skewers to the cool side of the grill until the flare-up dies down.

Enjoy!

[via LA Times.com]

 

Yesterday’s “Better with Bacon” featured recipe, the Maple French Toast & Bacon Cupcake, came from the “Food Network Magazine” and provided yet another take on what is becoming a trend in the dessert world - sweet & savory desserts featuring bacon!

When I was a kid, I used to love to bake: Nestle Tollhouse Cookies, Skywalker Crunchies (I know…nerd), cakes, brownies, etc.  I need to say upfront that it has been quite some time since I actually baked anything but this looked so good that I had to try. 

What I didn’t expect was the amount of time it took to make these.  The recipe said 40 minutes, but turns out that was just the baking time.  I started this project at 9:15 pm and didn’t finish until 11:30 pm.  Granted, my lack of current experience may have hindered me, but making stuff from scratch like this takes a while (that did also include clean up as the cupcakes were in the oven).

So when I start to make anything, I like to have all the ingredients pulled: [Read more →]

Yes, that is a mouthful…in more ways than one!

This is a great recipe, although a little time consuming.  How do I know?  Cause I MADE THEM!!!!  Damn straight,  I got my bake on!

I’ll have a “Test Kitchen” post coming tomorrow, but today the recipe: [Read more →]