Cooking Channel is joining Food Network for our first annual cookie swap, 12 Days of Cookies. Each day, visit us here for a look at new holiday cookies, party-planning tips and top techniques for rolling, spooning, slicing, baking and decorating delicious sweet treats to give — or keep — from favorite chefs and Food People. Then visit FoodNetwork.com/12daysofcookies for great takes on holiday baking from Food Network chefs — cookies by the dozen to celebrate all season.

There's a saying around my house: Everything tastes better with a little bacon. It's always been true for Brussels sprouts. Now, thanks to Unique Eats host Lee Anne Wong, it's true for cookies, too.

• Make Lee Anne Wong's Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies.
• See who's joining in: Jamie Oliver, Rachael Ray, Chuck Hughes and more.
• Food Network is swapping cookies, too.
• Catch Lee Anne Wong and Unique Eats on Cooking Channel.
• Share your Holiday cookie pix with us on Facebook.

Melanie Rehak, author of Eating for Beginners, has been baking cookies since she was old enough to climb onto the kitchen stool. She's partial to Zimtsterne—cinnamon stars—for the holidays, but loves most cookies all year long.