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I have been baking for a long time and kinda consider myself a cookie connoisseur, so when my mom mentioned Potato Chip Cookies, I may have had a little tantrum about her never mentioning these before, and mentioning them now like I should have known all along about their sweet and salty perfection. Doesn’t my mother know I relied on her for my culinary education?
Let me explain our chip situation to you. Yes, it is indeed a situation. Ya see, Brian has a thing for chips: whether they’re Doritos, Ruffles, or Tostitos, he’s all about them. But he’s only into them the day he opens the bag. It’s kinda his “thing” and he won’t touch a chip out of a previously opened bag. Needless to say we have countless opened-yet-only-half-eaten chip bags.
So as we were cleaning out the “Chip and Fruit Roll-Up Cupboard” (yes, there is a small cupboard dedicated to the chips and fruit snacks), I came across a half eaten bag of Lays.
Instead of tossing them into the trash, I decided to give these Potato Chip Cookies a whirl.
These Potato Chip Cookies remind me very much of Pecan Sandies. They’re crumbly, shortbread-like texture and salty undertone make them irresistible. Dip ’em in little semisweet chocolate and add a tiny pinch of sea salt, and you’ll pretty much have one of the best tasting and simplest cookies you’ll ever make.[/donotprint]
Potato Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup crushed potato chips (ridged or regular)
1/2 cup ground pecans
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, cream together the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy; about 3 minutes. With your mixer on low speed, add in potato chips and pecans and mix on low speed until fully incorporated. Add vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined. Stir in flour and mix the flour is just combined; do not over-mix.
3. Using a medium cookie scoop (1 ½ tablespoons) scoop dough into 1 inch balls. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
4. Slightly flatten each dough ball with a glass dipped in confectioners’ sugar.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
6. If desired, garnish cooled cookies with a drizzle of melted chocolate and a sprinkling of fine sea salt.
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I’ve never heard of cookies like these but they sound yummy! It’d be pretty hard for me to make them, namely because I love salty snacks so I’d likely wind up eating the chips…I’ll just have to grab two bags instead!
These cookies sound amazing! I love chocolate covered potato chips. The sweet and salty combo is awesome. I definitely need to try making these cookies!
Oh my word! I would never imagine something like potato chips in my cookies but if they are similar to shortread, count me in!
Brian isn’t the only one out there! My husband is the same way! And then there are people like me who kind of like the little crumbles at the bottom of the bag. I’ve been known to dump the crumbs on hotdogs or hamburgers. But using them in cookies is all the better! I love this recipe!
Yes please may I have another!!!!!
Well,these sound interesting, but the Mocha Nutella Shortbread looks amazing!
Yum! I just bought a B&J ice cream with chocolate covered potato chips. This sounds right up my alley:)
I love the combinations of potato chips, cookies and chocolate! So many good things in one place:-)
Omg, brian is EXACTLY like me with chips, LOL. I eat them the day I open the bag and that’s it, they will sit in the cabinet till I decide to start throwing all the half empty bags out. I’ve been told I have issues :))
Michele-
Well I am glad he is not the only one! I was starting to think he was the only “odd” chip eater!
-J
I love it – I bet you could do varieties with different snack foods. Maybe a dessert tray for a Super Bowl party or something similar.