Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon-Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF.

2. In a small bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.

3. In another bowl whisk the butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla together.

4. With a wooden spoon stir half the dry ingredients into the wet and stir until incorporated. Add the rest of the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until fully combined and wonderfully sticky.

5. Add the bacon and chocolate chips; stir.

6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.

7. Bake 12 minutes or until the center is set and the cookies are a deep golden brown.

8. Let the cookies cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.