Cookies so Good You May Get Proposed to! (Bacon Cookies)

If you're hoping to encourage the special someone in your life to ask a big question this weekend 💍 I have just the thing to nudge them down to one knee. These "Marry Me" cookies are loaded with caramel, sea salt, dark chocolate and Bacon and no one in their right mind will let you out of their sight once they've tasted them.

Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter 225g
1 cup light brown sugar 200g
⅔ cup granulated sugar 135g
2 large eggs room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 340g
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
flaky sea salt for sprinkling optional
⅔ cup caramel bits or chopped caramels I cut 12 soft caramels into 6 pieces each
4 oz semisweet chocolate bar finely chopped (113g)
½ heaping cup crumbled bacon about 5 slices

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:25 First, brown your butter: Place butter in a medium-sized saucepan and melt over medium/low heat. Once butter has melted, increase stovetop heat to just above medium heat and stir constantly. The butter will begin to bubble and sizzle. Keep stirring. Once you notice bits beginning to turn golden brown on the bottom, remove the butter from heat and pour into a large heatproof bowl. Let this cool to room temperature before proceeding.
Cookie Dough
Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
01:02 Once butter is no longer warm to the touch, add sugars and stir well.
01:17 Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir until completely combined.
01:36 In a separate bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt (not the sea salt, reserve that for topping).
01:59 Gradually (in 4-5 parts) add your flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until ingredients are completely combined after each addition. Batter will be stiff, this is normal.
02:50 Cut up Caramel Candy
03:07 Cut up bacon
03:40 Cut up chocolate
03:50 Add caramel pieces, chopped chocolate, and crumbled bacon and stir until combined.
04:10 Scoop dough into 2 Tablespoon-sized scoops and gently roll in your hands to form a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies 2” apart.
04:40 Bake on 375F (190C) for 9-11 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are beginning to turn golden brown.
04:52 Immediately sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt.
Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet then enjoy.

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