Method
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Preheat oven to 180°C. Place Creekside Farm Streaky Bacon in a single layer on a foil lined sheet. Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon strips. Bake for 18-25 minutes or until crispy, making sure to turn bacon over after 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack for cooling. Once bacon has cooled chop it finely.
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Reduce oven temperature to 160ºC.
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In a medium bowl, sift flour and baking soda together.
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In a large bowl, cream butter with the white and brown sugars. Add vanilla, egg and egg yolk, and beat until light and creamy.
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Add in flour mixture to wet mixture and mix well.
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Add chocolate chips and stir until just combined.
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Place golf ball-sized balls of dough on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Press diced bacon into the centre of cookie dough. Cover bacon with another layer of cookie dough to seal the bacon inside.
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Bake for 13-15 minutes, or just until the edges are brown. Remove from oven and let cookies sit on the pan for two minutes before placing them on a wire rack to cool.
