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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 love these cookies too…part of what I love is the element of surprise factor; I always hear ‘Potato Chip Cookies?’ and I think the expectation is something totally different from the end resulting shortbread with that subtle salt finish. They are in a the first cookbook I purchased when I moved to Colorado, a Junior League cookbook and it seems someone was way ahead of their time with that matching of sweet, salt and chocolate that is so popular today! If I don’t dip them in chocolate I do roll them in powdered sugar for a holiday cookie…I love that too.
I love Potato Chip cookies! It is one of my favorite cookie recipes from my late great-grandma. BUT nobody ever thought to dip them in chocolate. Brilliant!
I’ve heard that cookies with potato chips taste really good, but please, never ever bake anything with Doritos. That was the biggest mistake in all my time baking :)
Crunchy and yummy cookies… Loved half chocolate dipped part…
Maybe you should start buying the lunch size bags so he can eat them in one sitting!
I will have to try these cookies, salty sweet is my favorite combination.
I’m pretty sure my husband’s life was just forever changed (he is a SUPER chip guy, but not so much on the sweets)…I can’t wait to try these for his birthday in a few weeks!
See, in my land, chips and cookies are always combined. With chocolate. You are obviously a mayor over there or something.
Good to see Im not the only one that does this with chips.
How are we feeling about these as a breakfast option? Cus I could really go for one right now. So what if I worked out this morning?
…I’m one of ‘those’ *raises hand*. Yes, after I open a bag of chips and enjoy the newness and freshness of a just opened bag I kinda have a hard time going back to ’em again. I know, I know, it’s a ‘thing’, I can’t explain it but I’m working on making amends on that fault of mine and these cookies will be just the thing! Thank you! :o)
…And cheers to those of us that have “snack cupboards”! *raises coffee cup* ;o)
…Blessings all…