Dotty's Potato Chip Cookies

This homemade cookie recipe comes to us from by Mom's friend Dotty.

When our request for favorite family recipes went out, she was one of the first to respond with her Potato Chip Cookie Recipe, which she says she "Got from her cousin a few years ago and usually makes at Christmas time."

I've seen Potato Chip Cookie Recipes before, but had never made or tasted Potato Chip Cookies before getting Dotty's recipe.

A little more research in my favorite cookbooks and on the internet turned up several variations of this sweet, and salty simple shortbread cookie that is enhanced with chopped nuts and crushed potato chips.

Most of the Potato Chip Cookie Recipes out there specify using pecans, and since Dotty doesn't specify, I opted for macadamia nuts in the batch I made to keep them "Mac friendly." I am sure either pecans or walnuts would work deliciously too.

Many of the recipes I found direct you to press the balls of cookie dough with a heavy-bottomed glass dipped in sugar on the cookie sheet before baking them. Instead, Dotty's Potato Chip Cookie Recipe directs you to flatten the balls of cookie dough slightly with the back of a fork and to sprinkle them with confectioner's sugar while still warm. I tried a few both ways and think I like Dotty's way best!

This is a recipe where you absolutely want to use real butter, not margarine! In such a simple recipe with so few ingredients, the flavor you get with butter is really important.

Remember, for best results bake your cookies one baking sheet at a time in the center of your oven and wait until your cookie sheets are cool before putting cookie dough on them to prevent excessive spreading.

More Cookie Recipes You Might Enjoy:

• Icebox Butter Cookies
• Apricot Almond White Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Pecan Bars

Tools For The Cookie Baker:

Jumbo Cookie Shovel

Heavy Duty Cookie Sheet