POTATO CHIP COOKIES

“The perfect blend of salty and sweet.  This shortbread cookie provides a potato chip crunch and chocolate taste.  A special experience that you won’t regret.  If you want an extra kick, take a bite and follow it immediately with a potato chip chaser.  Soon there will be a party in your mouth and all you have to do is bring the chips.  Enjoy!”

1 cup Butter

3/4 cup Sugar

3/4 cup Potato Chips, crushed

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

2 cups Flour

Powdered Sugar

1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 Tablespoon Shortening

Extra crushed Potato Chips for topping

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream the butter and sugar.

Mix in the crushed potato chips.

Mix in the vanilla extract.

Mix in the flour.

Place Tablespoon sized balls of dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.

Flatten with the bottom of a glass.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Bake for 8 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies have browned.

Place baking sheets onto wire racks.

Cool for 5 minutes and remove the cookies from baking sheets to cool completely on the wire racks.

Use a microwave to melt together the chocolate chips and shortening.

Dip half of each cookie into the melted chocolate and place on wax paper.

Sprinkle the chocolate portion of each cookie with remaining crushed potato chips.

Allow to cool completely.  Note that placing the cookies in the refrigerator for 5 minutes will help the chocolate set.

 

Makes about 30 cookies.

Revised Source:  “Potato Chip Cookies” by Carla Hall on ABC’s “The Chew.”