Bacon-Maple Sugar Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Add sugars and maple syrup and beat until light and fluffy.

If you like a bit more sweetness, do what I do and sprinkle brown sugar on your bacon before putting it in the oven. Remove from pan and cool on piece of foil. Pig-shaped sugar cookies with a hint of maple, loaded with bacon, and topped with maple flavored icing. You can cook Bacon-Maple Sugar Cookies using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bacon-Maple Sugar Cookies

It's 1 cup of Fine Sugar.
You need 1 1/2 each of Egg and 1 Yolk.
It's 1 1/2 cup of AP Flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Self-Rising Flour.
It's 1 each of chocolate frosting & vanilla frosting.
You need 2 tbsp of Bacon Drippings.
Prepare 1 tsp of Honey.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.

Maple Bacon Cookies start with a brown sugar-sweetened dough spiked with pure maple syrup, vanilla extract and maple extract. Tiny bits of maple-caramelized bacon are then folded in, providing a salty counter to the sweet dough. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter or margarine, brown sugar and sugar until fluffy. Stir in eggs and maple extract or syrup.

Bacon-Maple Sugar Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 350º.
Combine sugar and eggs until smooth. Mix in bacon drippings, honey and vanilla.
Sift flour and incorporate into wet mix making sure no lumps form.
Knead dough for 10 seconds and chill for 20 min.
Form cookies and bake for 15-20 min until golden.
For Maple Frosting: Add 2 tbs good quality maple syrup to your chocolate frosting.
Decorate and enjoy :).

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and kosher salt. Combine melted butter, bacon and any bacon drippings in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add brown and granulated sugar and mix. Once combined, add egg, then add maple extract. Chop bacon finely and add back to frying pan over medium heat.