Bacon Maple Shortbread

By CheeseDiva

Ingredients

• 4 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Details

Servings 18
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from closetcooking.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat the butter and maple syrup until smooth, mix in the flour, cornstarch and salt and then the bacon.

Shape the dough as desired and bake in a preheated 350F oven until just lightly golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.

: Replace the maple syrup and 1/4 cup flour with 1/4 cup maple sugar.

: Replace the maple syrup and 1/4 cup flour with 1/4 cup regular sugar and then dip the shortbread in dark chocolate!

I don't even like to bake, but I might have to make an exception for these!

Heather Christo

I see salt and cornstarch listed in the ingredients but then I don't see where they are added.?

Anonymous: They are both added with the flour. Enjoy!

I noticed that other shortbread recipes don't call for cornstarch. Is that ingredient necessary due to the added moisture of the bacon and syrup? Thanks- can't wait to make these!

Denise: The cornstarch helps make shortbread more delicate and 'melt in your mouth' but you can easily replace it with an equal amount of flour or even rice flour.

These sound amazing...I'll have to try. Chocolate dipped is a must try but might I suggest that you use chocolate dipped bacon-pieces instead of/in addition to dipping the cookie itself. Mmmm mmmm bacon

Can not wait to make these, totally hooked on savory shortbread and this looks excellent! These kinds of shortbread with a bottle of wine are my new go-to gift for my friends who bake and already have a million cookies. Thanks for sharing this Kevin!

I just made these, thank you so much for sharing this recipe! They are super delicious and quite easy, I usually end up messing up shortbread but this was fool proof. I rolled them out and used a circle cookie cutter to make circles, next time I'll do a log so I can get them thick. Thanks again!!

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