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Elvis Cookies
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 11 Minutes
Ready In: 11 Minutes
Servings: 15
This is from the Bryan/College Station Eagle newspaper; they state The King's favorite sandwich lives on in this cookie. Go with your gut-not your head-on this one; the combination of peanut butter, bacon and bananas really is delicious. Read more . Just had to put this out there for everyone! My aunt made them, and they were very well liked! Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup crumbled cooked (very crisp) bacon, about 6 slices
1/2 cup diced firm banana
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
3. Mix on medium speed until well combined.
4. Beat in the egg until just combined.
5. Set aside.
6. Whisk together the flour and baking soda.
7. With the mixer running on low, add the dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture.
8. Gently mix in the bacon and banana, trying not to mash the bananas.
9. Using slightly wet hands, roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls, placing them on prepared baking sheets-leaving about an inch in between them.
10. Dip the tines of a fork into water, use it to flatten the cookies until they're about 1 1/2 in. around.
11. Bake on the middle rack for 11 min.
12. Cool cookies on the baking sheets for 2 minutes, then remove to cooling racks.
By RecipeOfHealth.com