High Altitude Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies

So I will start of this entry with stating the fact that I don't like bacon... so then why on earth would i make a cookie that I wouldn't eat??  Because I take requests and like challenges! :)  So when my neighbors, Wendy and J said how about bacon in a cookie... with chocolate... I thought that sounds like a great challenge!  Knowing that there has been a trend of chocolate and bacon things recently I thought okay why not!  Should be simple enough... take my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and add some bacon!  Please note, I used actual, real bacon... not turkey bacon, not bacon bits but the real stuff!  So bacon aficionados.... ENJOY!!!

 ** if you are not at an altitude of 4000 ft or higher just use a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe as a base**

Ingredients

1 c butter or margarine

1 c white sugar

1 c packed brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

3 1/2 c all-purpose flour

16 oz (1 bag) semisweet chocolate chips

2 ½ lbs of bacon, cooked/baked crispy and then crumbled

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large bowl, stir together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Mix in eggs one at a time, and then stir in the vanilla.

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter just until blended, then mix in the chocolate chips so they are evenly distributed. Finally mix in bacon (cooled and crumbled).

Drop cookies by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets spacing 2 inches apart.

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges begin to turn golden, 11 to 14 minutes.

Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.