#16 of the treat yo' self challenge
cookie jar contenders chapter
Back in December when I was first paging through this cookbook and fondly daydreaming about my future baking adventures, I had to stifle a little laugh when I saw this one. Shortbread cookies with potato chips mixed in?! If there's one baking trend that absolutely I cannot endorse, it's the ridiculous (IMHO) trend of adding extra salt to sweet things. Think: salted caramel. (ew) Or chocolate chip cookies with sprinkle of sea salt on top. (double ew)
If you know me, you probably know that I have opinions about pretty much everything, and I have a VERY strong opinion that desserts should have their salt mixed in the dough/batter, not sprinkled on top.
So when I saw this recipe that includes POTATO CHIPS both in and ON chocolate chip shortbread, I was appalled. I figured this would be the very last recipe I would be forced to bake at the end.
Fast forward about six weeks, just after Super Bowl Sunday. Suddenly I'm faced with half a bag of potato chips, leftover after "we" (ahem) finished off the sour cream and onion dip I made for the big game. As my mind started to wander, considering what I could do with leftover potato chips (not wanting to throw out perfectly good food, even if it is food that I ONLY like when paired with sour cream and onion dip), my mind recalled this unappetizing recipe from my book. And when I also remembered that I needed to bring something in for a potluck the next day and didn't have much time to bake anything, suddenly I had a plan.
Well, here goes nothing, I thought.
This was this easiest recipe ever to make. The hardest part was getting my rolling pin out of the top cupboard in order to crush to leftover potato chips. Seriously, a monkey could make these. Less than 30 min later, they were done.
Verdict: Well, they taste exactly like what they are: chocolate chip cookies/shortbread with potato chips mixed in/on. I suppose if you like that sort of thing, you would love these.
Even Mike's response was "why would you put potato chips in cookies?!" "To amp up the flavor?" I responded. "Seems like that just amps up the unhealthiness," he replied.
To me they taste like what I imagine the bottom of an elementary kid's lunch box would taste like, if they had the kind of parent that sent them to school with cookies and potato chips. Not that my parents ever gave me that kind of lunch, and not that I ever let my foods touch as a child. But you get the idea.
Methinks this one was not a keeper for our family, but we'll see how they go over at the potluck tomorrow.
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