Potato Chip Cookies Recipe

The first week in December is National Cookie Cutter Week and December 4 is Cookie Day. And most of you probably already know December is the most popular month for Cookie Exchange Parties too. Now with cookie exchanges and the holiday season too; we all like to show off our neat recipes to our family & friends. Today I'm posting my personal photos and recipe for Potato Chip Cookies that's just perfect for gift giving.

Potato Chips in Cookies??  
Yes! This is a favorite cookie recipes because it's so unusual and so fast to make. And the neat thing is, there's no eggs, water or milk in these cookies! I've made them for years, they cook up to be very crunchy with the pecans & potato chips. If you enjoy foods that are sweet & salty at the same time, then you will love these cookies! They are just that.... very sweet and lightly salty.

Cookies as Gifts:

Ohhh yessss!  You gotta love this one!  This recipe is excellent for a bagged gift or even a gifts-in-a-jar. The reason I say that is because it's so easy to make the cookies all the same size by pushing down with the bottom of a jar. I put a video about it some time ago on youtube so please feel free to go watch. 

This recipe is absolutely perfect for gift giving. This cookie is not the every-day-of-the-mill cookie so giving it makes it fun and special. Everybody loves the uncommon cookie & I'm sure you'll love it too.

Make your cookies thick. The dough doesn't flatten out during cooking like many recipes do. They hold their shape in cooking & stay really thick. Their uniform size makes it easy to pack in bags or jars.

Potato Chips Cookie Recipe

Makes 2 1/2 dozen

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups of crushed thick potato chips

2/3 cups chopped pecans

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 sticks of Softened Butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F

Remove Butter from refrigerator to come

to room temperature

Crush Potato Chips and set aside

Mix Sugar, Flour, Baking Powder, crushed Potato Chips and Pecans in a large bowl

Add Softened Butter and mix well

Form into small ball and flatten place on to cookie sheet

Bake at 350F for 14 to 18 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

Cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheets.

Then remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
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I hope you enjoyed my post today in honor of celebrating all thing cookie! We will be blogging about cookies all week so be sure to visit again. And remember, you could bake up this recipe for National Potato Chip Day too.

Lots of love, Pam