Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made a bet with my coteacher today.  What we were betting on doesn't matter - what matters is that I lost.  Because I lost, I have to take her baked goods tomorrow, which means that I had to make cookies tonight.

Terrible, right?

Yes, it's always terrible when my house smells like baked goods.  It's also terrible when I have to scrape the mixing bowl to be able to eat one good spoonful of cookie dough.

Especially when it's Oreo chocolate chip cookie dough.

I like putting extra things into chocolate chip cookies.  Bacon and Oreos are the only two things I've experimented with (but I'm always open to suggestion, so please, suggest away!), but they're So Freaking Delicious.

I know I'm not the first person to think of smashing up Oreos and baking them into chocolate chip cookies (just ask Pinterest), but I came up with these last year for a coworker's birthday (actually, now that I think about it, it was the same coworker with whom I lost the bet today).  I wanted to ake her some birthday cookies, and she told me that her favorite cookie was the Cookies and Cream Pizookie from BJ's Restaurant.

Boom.  Amanda's Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies were born.

Anyway, tonight, I made them again for her as her prize for winning our bet.  It also worked out well, because our classroom volunteer's birthday is tomorrow, so she'll get a bag of cookies, too.

In case you're wondering, Josh is working late tonight, so he's completely missing out on these cookies.  Don't feel too sad for him though - there's still chocolate chip zucchini bread left for him that I made yesterday.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm a terrible photographer.  Along with being an amateur foodie, I fancy myself an amateur photographer.  Armed with my Canon EOS Rebel T3i or my Samsung Galaxy S4, my cameras take the good pictures, and I just get lucky while clicking away.  I randomly play with the lighting and hope for the best.

Having said that, I've decided I need to practice a whole lot more than I do.  I started thinking about what I should take pictures of and I landed on three things I'm around a LOT: my husband (Josh), my cats (Gibbs and McGee), and the yummy things I make in my kitchen!  Rather than bombard you right away with pictures of my husband and cats, I thought I'd start off with a sweet and salty treat - bacon chocolate chip cookies.

Bacon chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite things to make.  They're sweet, they're salty, and they involve bacon.  What else do you need to know?

Literally, all I did to make these cookies is use the recipe on the back of the bag of whatever chocolate chips happen to be on sale that day.  Instead of nuts, I add crispy bacon.

Boom.  Done.

My coworkers should be pretty excited, because these cookies are headed their way tomorrow.