Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
3. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
4. Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer until smooth.
5. Add 1 egg to the butter/sugar mixture, beat until blended.
6. Add the second egg, vanilla, and rum (or maple). Beat until blended and fluffy.
7. Stir in the flour mixture a little at a time until combined.
8. Stir in bacon and chocolate chips.
9. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the cookie sheets.
10. Cook until golden brown around the edges, around 10-12 minutes (my top rack took 10 minutes, my bottom rack surprisingly took longer, closer to 12 minutes).
11. Transfer to cooling racks and allow them to cool. Makes around 24 cookies (large cookies! These came out huge!).