Are you hosting a lot of parties this holiday season? Did you serve potato chips and had just a few scraps left in the bottom of the bag? Here is a great way to use them up. Yep, these cookies have crushed potato chips in them. I know it sounds unusual, but they are really, really good! Since I'm on a low-salt diet because of various heart "issues," I have switched my family over to the Lay's Lightly Salted plain potato chips (they have 50% less sodium). They are actually Lauren's favorite kind now!! Those are the chips I used in these cookies. Feel free to use whatever brand you have on hand, though you probably wouldn't want to use something like sour cream and onion or barbeque flavored! It's probably better to stick with plain potato chips :)
Ingredients:
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup white flour
2/3 cup plain potato chips, finely crushed
2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Topping:
White or colored sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, put the butter, white sugar, light brown sugar, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. With electric mixer or large spoon, mix until smooth. Add the white flour and mix until well combined. Next add the potato chips and chocolate chips and combine thoroughly by hand with large spoon with the other ingredients. Roll into 24 balls with the palms of your hands a little smaller than a ping pong ball. Put 12 balls each on two ungreased cookie sheets. Press with the bottom of a drinking glass or with your fingertips slightly. Sprinkle the tops of the cookies lightly with white or colored sugar. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the edges are starting to turn lightly golden. Remove from oven and let them sit for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling. Makes two dozen.
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