I started a recipe website in 1995; it was the very first web project I decided to do after classes in html and programming so that I could develop websites for the cable company where I worked; eventually leading to the start of my own web business. I kid that I created the Internet along with Al Gore but I have been working online for a long time… and that first website is still active at www.creative-culinary. com. It contains all of those hand me down, young married, shared with your friends type recipes and is a compilation of a lifetime of cooking for friends and family.
I’ve been slowly moving those recipes to this blog; most will sneak in unnoticed as posts I date many years ago as my ability to re-create and photo all of this is mind boggling, so you won’t notice unless you happen to be searching for something and come upon a poor photo-less post. Luckily, sometimes there will be a reason that I go there looking for a recipe and have one of those…oh my gosh, I forgot about those moments!
That happened when I saw this recipe. I happened to have potato chips on hand which is not typical and was in the process of making these within minutes. I remembered recalling how much I liked them when I first made them but it had been years and long enough ago that I was again surprised.
For me, I love the crunch factor that is added to a cookie that is reminiscent of shortbread. And seems that once again, something old IS new again as these potato chip cookies find themselves on the cutting edge of the trend to having a salt component added to a sweet treat. Might I add fair warning…they are addictive. Don’t mumble through a mouthful that I didn’t warn you!
Potato Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup coarsely crushed potato chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line several large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, using a stand mixer or electric hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed for several minutes, until light and fluffy. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Reduce the speed to low and add the flour, crushed potato chips and vanilla extract, mixing well.
- Drop rounded tablespoons, spaced about 2 inches apart, onto the baking sheets.
- The cookies will spread slightly. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are barely browned.
- Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Sprinkle confectioners’ sugar through a sieve or place it in a shallow bowl and coat the warm cookies evenly to the desired level of sweetness.
- Let cool completely before packaging.
Previous post: We’re All in this Together
Next post: Zucchini and Cream Cheese
{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }
Great recipe. Girlfriend couldn’t believe they were potato chip cookies, she had to look in the cupboard to find the chips! Made two batches for X-mas holidays.
These cookies sound like a great salty sweet treat. I think these are going to bump the sugar cookies I had planned for this weekend off the list.
Yum! I think my son would get a kick out of these!
Hi Barb (mom!)I printed the recipe and now am signing up for your feed too so I won’t miss any thing else as yummy as this! xox
Oh my, sweet and salty – perfect combination!
As weird as they sound…they sure are good. I sort of forgot how good and sort of ate like half of them before giving them to a neighbor!
Do we need a specific kind of potato chip? Can I use the baked kind? I saw a recipe for this a while back and was pretty intrigued. It’s such an odd concept and would have probably made me Ewwwww a few years ago.
I used a low fat chip but I think any kind would do; it really is all about adding a unique crunch factor…and a bit of salt!
This recipe piqued my curiosity! The challenge is, when do I get to spare potato chips for this creation?
You will find a way after trying them. I promise.
I will have to try these! I love baking new cookies!
These look much like the snowball cookies I loved so much as a child. The potato chip factor sounds truly amazing. I made chocolate dipped, potato chip sugar cookies a few weeks ago, but these look even more intriguing.