Grandma Elsie's Potato Chip Cookies. I was a little skeptical because of the simplicity of the ingredients and becuase the dough turned out very soft and buttery. I baked them until golden around the edges and they turned out really good. It came from a friend of my daughter who remembered this cookie from her childhood when her grandmother made them for her - very rich and buttery! NOTE: Potato Chip Cookies are pictured in top right of tray, between the green spinkled cookies and the rolled krumkake. Having baked her choice—Gram Swaney's Potato Chip Cookies—I would swear in a court of law that they fit the bill entirely. (And they do get better after a day.) Their salty-sweet crunch is a good reminder that grandmas were baking savory snacks into cookies long before Christina Tosi laid eyes on a pretzel.
Drop onto a greased cookie sheet.
I made the mistake of making these with lightly salted potato chips.
These cookies were good but definitely needed saltier chips.
You can have Grandma Elsie's Potato Chip Cookies using 5 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Grandma Elsie's Potato Chip Cookies
- You need 1 lb of margarine room temp.
- You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 3 1/2 cup of sifted flour.
- You need 3 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It's 5.5 oz of crushed jays potato chips. (Do not use wavy or ruffled).
Otherwise I think this is a very good recipe. Potato chip cookies with cream butter and sugar. A delicious sweet and salty treat that everyone will love! Using a fork, flatten each cookie slightly.
Grandma Elsie's Potato Chip Cookies step by step
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Cream together margarine and sugar..
- Add vanilla..
- Stir in flour 1 cup at a time..
- Fold in crushed potato chips..
- Drop by the half tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet..
- Bake about 14 minutes. bottoms should be a golden color. and top peaks should be golden as well..
- Cool on wire racks..
- Enjoy!.
- Makes about 70.. 1" cookies.
- Tip.. do not use stale potato chips!.
- Can be stored in an air tight container..
- This is my grandma elsie's family recipe.. may she r.I.p. she was always my favorite...
Dusted with powdered sugar they are a delicious sweet treat. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Add to the potato chip mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet, allowing space for the cookies to spread. Why You Will Love Potato Chip Cookies.