Bacon and St. Valentine's Day

Raise your hand if you love bacon!! I thought so. Does anyone not like bacon? Many years I deluded myself into thinking that turkey bacon was all I needed. Not!There is nothing like the aroma and taste of real bacon.

You may be wondering what bacon has to do with Valentine's Day. Well, it doesn't exactly. As you see in the above picture, bacon is featured in the latest Food Network Magazine. I mean, everything is made with bacon or looks like it anyway.

Today, being Valentine's Day, my good friend, Janice, is running a baked goods fund raiser for The March of Dimes at Kennestone Hospital where she works as a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse.
Every year I make a few batches of my giant crisp chocolate cookies. But in addition, I made a batch with butterscotch morsels and BACON BITS. Yes, that is right. And from talking to Jan this morning, they are a big hit. And hubby Jim loves them.

I am giving you my recipe for a valentine's present to you. I hope you like them!


Crispy butterscotch bacon cookies 

 Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Ready In: 35 Minutes

 Submitted By: Charlotte Wilson

Cook Time: 23 Minutes

Servings: 24

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups Butterscotch morsels

1 cup chopped bacon bits ( I use the package of real bacon bits to save time.)

Directions:

1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

 2.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Mix in the dry ingredients until well blended. Stir in the butterscotch chips and bacon bits. Scoop the dough with a  2 inch ice cream scoop and place them 3 inches apart onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.

 3.

Bake for 20 to 23 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

What do you think of Valentine's Day? It used to make me anxious and sad if I didn't have a special someone in my life. 

Being blessed with a wonderful and considerate husband, we celebrate our love almost every day that he is home. This morning as usual, he got up before me and made the coffee, fluffed up my pillows on my living room chair and folded my lap blanket. For the 3 days that we were snowed in, he brought in firewood and had a beautiful fire to keep us warm. It doesn't get better than that for me.

 

 Peace and love of Jesus to you today and always!

Happy Valentine's Day

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Hello, Dear One! I hope you are having a lovely day!

Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day AND wondering how you will observe it/ celebrate it.

If you are lucky enough to have a special someone in your life, do you want to be wined and dined? Or do you expect roses and a box of chocolates?

Although I like all of the above, the time to go out to dinner is not on
Valentine's Day. Knowing some people in the restaurant business, this is their worst nightmare. Why? Because it will be extremely crowded and there are so many "special" requests.

We will celebrate our love but in a more quiet way, I hope.

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Update: Jim just got home and he is taking me to lunch! And I will buy my chocolates on the day after V day when they are half priced. :o)

Have a wonderful week and may God bless you richly!

Valentine's Presents to me

 

When I saw this hammer in Ace Hardware I had to have it. I mean it is pink and I know that my husband will not "borrow" it and lose it in his garage junk. A girl has to have a hammer for things. You know.

 And for Valentine's Day, he surprised me with 2 CDs. He knows that I am a George Strait fan, although most of my CDs are in a storage box under the bed.

And this singer we happened to hear on the Grammy awards. Song #12 is the hit.

Now with all this country music playing in my car, I think I should trade in my trust worthy but boring Sonata for a Ford F150. What do you think?

It really is more my style and it has to be RED! Did I ever tell you that I used to want to be a cowgirl? I can dream, can't I?

Hope you have a fabulous weekend, my friend!

Til next time, Adios!

Happy Valentines !

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Happy Day, Everyone! This is the day that we show appreciation for those that we love and care about and that is YOU!

And to show you how much I care, I am giving you my absolute favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookies....giant ones!

Giant Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies from All Recipes Submitted By: Patricia Boccaccio Cook Time: 25 Minutes Servings: 10 "Giant chocolate chip cookies like in the bakery." Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup chopped salted almonds, chopped ( this is my addition) Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Mix in the dry ingredients until well blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and chopped almonds. Using a 2 inch ice cream scoop, scoop and place them 3 inches apart onto parchment lined cookie sheets. 3. Bake for23-25 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Warning: You may have to hide one of these for yourself as they go really fast!                                                Love, ♥Charlotte