Potato Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 225 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt (optional)
- 1/2 cup chopped and toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup finely crushed potato chips
- 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon crushed potato chips (for potato chip salt finish, optional)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons flaked sea salt (for potato chip salt finish, optional)
- 4 ounces (115 grams) semi- or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (for chocolate dip finish, optional)
- 1 teaspoon butter, canola oil or vegetable shortening (for chocolate dip finish, optional)
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
Step 2
In a large bowl, cream together the butter with 1/2 cup of the sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Mix in the vanilla and table salt, if using, until smooth.
Step 4
Add the pecans, 1/2 cup crushed potato chips, and flour together and mix until just combined.
Step 5
Place the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl. Scoop a tablespoon-sized mound of dough and form it into a small ball with the palms of your hands.
Step 6
Roll the ball in the remaining sugar until coated. Place on prepared baking sheet and slightly flatten the cookies using the bottom of a drinking glass.
Step 7
Sprinkle with a few flakes of the potato chip salt, if using. Repeat with remaining dough.
Step 8
Bake cookies until lightly golden at the edges, about 15 minutes. Transfer to cool on a wire rack.
Step 9
If dipping in chocolate, melt chocolate with butter, oil, or shortening in a double boiler or in short bursts in the microwave. Stir until smooth.
Step 10
Dip half of each fully cooled cookie in the chocolate, and let dry and harden on a wire rack.
Step 11
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Chef's notes
Shockingly, these cookies needed more salt. If you’re using an extra-salty brand of potato chips, you might not find this necessary but I used Cape Cod, which is pretty salty, and felt that the salt in a crushed half cup was insufficient in the cookie batter.
The potato-and-sea-salt flakes or the chocolate dip are optional finishes. You can also use both, but the chocolate might steal the show.
