Potato Chip Cookies Dipped In Chocolate

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, 2 sticks, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla, madagasgar
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1/2 cup candied almonds
• 2 cups potato chips
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 ounces milk chocolate chips, melted
• 1 teaspoon canola oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 line your baking sheet with parchment paper {i had waxed and used it with good results} and set aside. i used my kitchen aid with regular beater {but a hand beater would work just as well} and creamed together the butter with 1/2 cup of the sugar until lightly and fluffy, then mixed in the vanilla until smooth. add the almonds, potato chips and flour together and mix until a huge bowl of crumbly looking dough; it will be moist though.
• 3 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. roll the ball in the remaining sugar until coated. place on prepared baking sheet and using the bottom of a drinking glass or measuring cup to slightly flatten the cookies. cookies only need to be an inch apart; they only spread a little.
• 4 bake cookies until lightly golden at the edges, about 15 minutes. transfer to cool on a wire rack.
• 5 if dipping in chocolate, melt chocolate with butter, oil or shortening in a double boiler or in short bursts in the microwave {i do it this way-- 30 seconds, stir, repeat}. stir until smooth. dip half of each fully cooled cookie in the chocolate, and let dry and harden on a wire rack.
• 6 omgoodness -- delish :).