I’m back! Did you miss me?
We have moved home and are settling in fine. I'm getting to
grips with lots of new things including, most importantly for me, a new oven.
It’s a powerful beast and seems to cook and bake food very fast. One minute it’s
fine, the next burnt to a crisp. I shall persevere!
I wanted to try something relatively simple for my first
post back after my hiatus (a huge thanks to Lisa at United Cakedom for hosting
Treat Petite in February for me btw!!).
Cookies are normally quite a straightforward recipe, but I still wanted
to pack in as much flavour as possible, so I opted for something reminiscent of a favourite breakfast of mine - maple syrup and bacon (minus the pancakes). But I didn’t go for real bacon pieces, which I have
incorporated into cookies before. Instead, I went for smoky bacon flavour
crisps (or potato chips depending on where you are in the world). I’m not even
sure that smoky bacon crisps are available around the world, so apologies if
you are reading this somewhere, where you can’t buy them (I’m sure you can pick
them up online if not).
Crisps (or potato chips) in cookies seem quite popular after
scouting about the internet, so this wasn’t too weird a combo to try. And there
are plenty of cookies with maple syrup in them of course (mines was adapted
from Allrecipes.com). To get the crisps in there, you just crush them up and
fold them in at the end, so they are dotted through each cookie, giving you a
sweet/savoury and smoky hit in each bite.
The cookies are thin and delicate and need to be fully
cooled, so that they don’t fall apart. You can see the pieces of crisps
fleckled through them, so you get an idea of what is inside. I used three bags
of crisps, but you could easily use 4 or 5 to get an even more bacon(y) hit.
Here’s how I made them;
Maple Syrup and Smoky Bacon Crisp Cookies
Cookies made with maple syrup and crushed bacon flavour potato crisps
Ingredients
- 225 grams unsalted butter, softened
- 190 grams light brown sugar
- 1 medium egg
- 250 ml good quality maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 400 grams plain flour
- 3-4 bags smoky bacon crisps
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan) and line two cookie sheets with greaseproof paper.Sift together the flour, bicarb and salt in a bowl and set aside.In a food mixer, beat together the butter and brown sugar until smooth and creamy.Add the egg and vanilla, beating until fully incorporated.Add one third of the flour and beat until no raw flour is seen. Add one half of the maple syrup and stir this through.Repeat with another third of the flour, the last half of syrup, then the last part of flour.Transfer the crisps to a food bag and crush them, but not to tiny smithereens. Gently fold the crushed crisps into the cookie batter.Scoop out dollops of the dough with an ice cream scoop or regular spoon and space them well apart as they do spread. Slightly flatten the ‘dollops’ to help them on their way.Bake them in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until they turn golden amber in colour.Transfer the greaseproof paper with the cookies on them to a cooling rack and allow them to cool fully. Enjoy your smoky, sweet and salty cookie!
Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 20 approx.I'm entering these cookies into this month's Alphabakes hosted by Caroline at Caroline Makes and Ros The More Than Occasional Baker. The letter this month is C - which stands for Crisps or Cookies!
I love the sound of these cookies! Years ago I used to have an American neighbour and one day, she came to my door with potato chip cookies. I was skeptical at first, but they were delicious. Love the flavour combo you've chosen!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nickki - crisps in cookies - who knew?!
DeleteWelcome back! Course we missed you! Hope you get to grips with your oven soon... I used to sooooooo love Smoky Bacon Crisps before they started adding real bacon to them. Spoilsports....
ReplyDeleteOh poo! Are there no 'makes' that use the old synthetic flavouring?
DeleteWoohoo welcome back!
ReplyDeleteCheers missus!
DeleteNo way did you use smokey bacon crisps. I've never seen anything like this before! So unique :D
ReplyDeleteI did use them! Thanks Emmy, if you make I hope you enjoy them.
DeleteGenius idea! I thought I made some wacky bakes but this is far out there. I can see how it will work though with those contrasting flavours and textures. I'm glad you're settled into the new house!
ReplyDeleteI love your wacky bakes Kate!
DeleteNom, nom, nom, glad you settled into your new home. How exciting x
ReplyDeleteThanks Charlene x
DeleteSounds like something Heston Blumenthal would come up with! I worry for your sanity but I don't think you've ever steered us wrong before so perhaps I will need to leave my preconceptions at the kitchen door!
ReplyDeleteI try not to steer to far off the path of tastefulness! I think you'd enjoy :)
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