Bacon!!! I'd get it myself but I don't have thumbs!

The other day my friend Caroline and I were at dinner eating something that was not bacon and somehow, following a deep philosophical conversation about sexting, we ended up talking about the delicacy of bacon. We discussed the importance of thick cut over thin; the proper fat to meat ratio; whether it should be peppered or sugar cured; and then we moved on to all the crazy things people are making with bacon these days - bacon soap, bacon mouthwash, bacon gum, those crazy bacon cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes we saw on pinterest. And then we thought, "Bacon and cinnamon and sweets, now that's a great idea. Someone should do a bacon snickerdoodle."

So after Caroline and I parted ways, that's exactly what I did. I came up with a bacon snickerdoodle. But not just any snickerdoodle, oh no. See I pondered this thing for two days. And in so doing, I thought to myself, "You know what would be better than cookie with sugar and meat? A cookie with sugar and meat and booze!" Thus, the end result:

Bourbon Bacon Snickerdoodles


Ingredients
1/2 pound brown sugar cured bacon (cooked and chopped somewhat finely)
1/4 cup cold bacon grease
1/4 cup butter (room temp)
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 Tbs bourbon barrel aged vanilla extract (I guess you could use regular vanilla, but it'd be kinda lame)
1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbs + 1 tsp milk
1 Tbs bourbon
1/4 cup brown sugar + 1 TBS Cinnamon

Instructions
First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Then, beat the butter, bacon grease and sugar together until it is a fluffy, gooey, diabetes-heart attack ambrosia.  Now, throw in the egg, bourbon, and vanilla, so that it is a fluffy, gooey, alcoholic-salmonella-diabetes-heart attack ambrosia. Do not eat.

Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until just combined then add milk and mix for another 5-10 seconds. Throw in about half of the chopped up bacon bits. Shape into one big ball. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice, take the rest of the bacon bits, sugar, and cinnamon and toss them into  food processor. Whirl it around until everything gets to about the consistency of sand. Dump it out on a cutting board.

Roll dough into little balls. Then roll that doughball in the bacon-cinnamon-sugar mixture you just dumped on a cutting board. Place it on a cookie sheet. Now, before you put them in the oven, pretend those little doughballs are your favorite frenemy and vigorously smash the little bastards flat (Not only is this is a good way to let out some pent up aggression, but it also keeps your cookies from baking up into big round tumors that will just crumble apart. Both are important).  Bake for 8-10 minutes. Eat.

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