Garden State of Mind BAKE

Mondays are not my favorite day of the week. They are stressful and not much fun. I very rarely blog on Mondays. Usually not in the mood.

Today was a good day and so here I am.

Over the weekend, Mr. Bubbles and I worked in our garden. We tilled and tilled. We looked at the plants and seeds we had and decided to enlarge it another 6 x 28 so we tilled and tilled some more.

We have our "mail order " tomato plants that supposedly grow to 8 feet tall and produce 60 pounds of fruit. We are planning on planting 5 or 6 of these. So excited to get everything in. I am dreaming of  all the different salsas we will create with the bushels of tomatoes we will have!

         After all, some of last years harvest...

became this!

I was so busy with the garden all weekend that I nearly forgot to BAKE something! I could do something quick. Cookies? So, I asked Mr. Bubbles what he was in the mood for and of course he asked for Candied Bacon Macadamia Nut White Chocolate Chip cookies.

A bit of extra work but they are so worth it!

Candied Bacon Macadamia with White Chocolate Chip Cookies  

                                                                          

                                                                         Preheat the oven 375

                                                                    Makes 3-4 Dozen

Candied Bacon:

10 slices of smoked Bacon

3/4 cup brown sugar

Line a cookie sheet with foil. Lay out the bacon flat. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly on the bacon, then press into the bacon. Bake for 7 minutes. Flip and bake additional 7 minutes. Remove from pan cool on a cookie rack. Coarsely chop for the cookies.

Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar, packed

3/4 cup white sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips

1 cup chopped macadamia nuts

1 cup chopped candied bacon

With electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar on high for 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, beat for 1 minute on high. Mix in flour, soda and salt. Fold in bacon, nuts and chips.

Drop by spoonfuls unto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes, till edges are slightly golden.

Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Move to wire racks to cool completely.

Store in airtight container. Don't worry about keeping the cookies in the fridge, they will be fine. They won't last that long anyway!

It was a great and productive weekend and it ended with a sweet treat because I made one these...

Have a wonderful week Sweeties!

Love and Peace,

Sweetcheri