Maple Bacon Shortbread
There is a National Food Holiday for everything! Including shortbread! And today is National Shortbread Day! I wanted to celebrate because I adore shortbread!
What’s not to love? Maple…bacon… and shortbread! I love these cookies because they not only taste amazing, the smell of maple fills the house! I also love that these maple bacon shortbread cookies can be made with almond meal instead of the expensive blanched almond flour! Click HERE to get almond or pecan meal.
Happy Baking!
Maple Bacon Shortbread
Ingredients
- 2 slices sugar free bacon diced into 1/4 inch pieces
- 6 tablespoons butter softened (or butter flavored coconut oil)
- 2 cups blanched almond flour or pecan meal
- ⅓ cup Natural Sweetener or equivalent
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- Pinch Redmond Real salt
CHOCOLATE DIP:
- 3/4 cup heavy cream or full-fat coconut milk if dairy free
- 1/3 cup Natural Sweetener
- 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or maple extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven or toaster oven to 350 degrees F. Place a piece of parchment on a cookie sheet.
- Place the softened butter into a medium bowl and cream the natural sweetener with the butter until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the almond flour, extract and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Form into 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch squares and place 1/2 inch apart on the parchment. Press the diced bacon into the top of the cookies. Bake for 15 minutes or just turning golden brown. Cool completely before removing from cookie sheet.
- Meanwhile make the chocolate dip. Place the cream in a saucepan and heat on high until simmering. Remove from heat and add the chopped chocolate and sweetener and stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add extract and stir to combine. Use to dip cooled cookies into. Dip one end of the cookie into the melted chocolate and place onto a piece of parchment.
Nutrition
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These look very easy to make and I cant wait to try them. One question, do you add raw bacon? Thank you Maria!
Nope. Cooked.
I LOVE YOUR RECIPES! I am very new to keto and I am using your books as my bible but I am struggling with substitutions for bacon/pork as well as recipes that don’t combine meat and cheese in the same meal. (I keep kosher) Any suggestions? Not just for this recipe but about 80% of them. I’m so sad because they all look so good, I just can’t figure out how to get around my dietary restrictions.
Well my 30 day Ketogenic cleanse book is dairy free so that would help!
These sound so good. How thick do you make them? Thanks
These look delicious! One question-is the bacon already cooked or does it get cooked while the cookie does?
Thank you!
Cooked.
What do you say about macadamia nut meal? Is it better than Pecan meal?
Is the bacon supposed to be cooked first?
Cooked.
i am assuming the bacon has been precooked before being pressed into the coolie pieces? Thanks for a great looking recipe!
Yep!
I’m snowed in for the weekend and only have almond flour. Can I use this instead of meal? If so is it equal amounts?
Yep. That works. Same amount.
Is the bacon cooked or raw?
Chocolate and bacon…Sooo good!! You need to put a disclaimer on the recipe. I made a batch on Friday we had an ice storm that night and I was stuck at home all weekend. It’s now Sunday and there’s only one cookie left and it will be gone before I go to bed. I am completely incompetent in the kitchen and these were easy. Winner.
Made these yesterday and they were phenomenal! The flavors go really well together! I was wondering if the chocolate mixture should be cooled first before the cookies are dipped or if it should be done while it’s still hot (which is when I dipped). My mixture was very runny when I dipped them–maybe because I had trouble with the chocolate not melting properlyg, it was pretty grainy–but the leftover mixture firmed up to a pudding consistency in the refrigerator. I refrigerated the cookies to firm up the coating because of the runniness; not sure that would be necessary if I’d gotten the chocolate mixture right. These are so delicious and were the perfect belated birthday treat for me! Thanks for another amazing recipe, Maria! :-))
To answer Kathleen’s question, I did the bacon raw and it came out fine.
I love all your recipes but have a suggestion about your cookbooks. I took mine to Staples and had them wire bound so they lie flat as I’m cooking. The books are lovely but they don’t stay open easily. Thanks for all the delicious recipes. My goal is to totally eliminate the diabetes I have lived with for 30 years. I’m well on my way having eliminated my nightly dose of insulin.
I made a double batch, cooking in oven as we type.
Omitted bacon and maple bc I’m out BUT added Lily’s Chocolate Chips for the win!
Maria please, do you roll out the dough ? Or just pat it ? How thick ? Is 1/4 inch alright? Thank you !
Maria, on the chocolate gingerbread cookies, page 306, Ketotgenic Cookbook, is there any flour to bind the ingredients? What a mess my cookies came out to be and also, the recipe does not go with the picture. Confused. Janet
I tried to make the easy blender mayo and the ingredients did not blend, stayed separated. Hints?
The cocoa powder is the binder. My recipe testers loved it:(
I make Mayo all the time in my Blendtec. Make sure that you use 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk . The egg white is necessary when using a blender . I use 3/4 cup Avocado oil and 2 t white vinegar. I do prefer lemon juice however when I have them available.