Bringing Snack Back

If you were to stop by my house any Monday-Friday from 3:30-4pm you'd find a revolving door and a whoooole lotta kids. Well, I mean, yeah - I HAVE a whole lotta kids but there's always a whole bunch more here during that time. They come over after school, every day, for snack. Most of them have parents that work so they stop in here for a "debriefing" of sorts. They eat whatever I've made for the day and then they all tell me - loudly (except when they pull me in the 1/2 bath to tell me secrets and horrifying embarrassments) and over the top of each other. The littlest ones race in here first to see what's for snack and when the older kids arrive they shout out the good news - "It's cupcakes today!" "Homemade bread and hot chocolate!" whatever.

It's one of my most favorite times of the day.

This isn't a food blog - or a cooking blog (cause I'm barely a mediocre cook!) - but I'm gonna start sharing, once a week, the snacks I make. Because they really are easy - look, if *I* can make them - so can anyone else.

This week I made Potato Chip Cookies.

Yes, you read that right - the best of both worlds...AND there's chocolate involved! Well slap my butt and call me Betty!!! Don't be scared - they have almost a shortbread like texture with a bit of crunch. The kids all assured me they were delicious and I have ONE cookie that is left. I saved it to force Rob to try but he STILL hasn't eaten it. I may use it as a reward for one of the vulture children, today, instead.

I digress.

There's many recipes out there for these cookies but this is the one I used:

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour (I always sift, you don't have to)
1 cup crushed plain potato chips
1 cup chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 350. In medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla, mix. Add flour gradually while mixing and beat until blended. Stir in crushed potato chips (don't use your mixer/beaters!). Drop by teaspoonful onto a ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 13-15 minutes.

This recipe CLAIMED to make 3 dozen cookies but I only got 23 smallish sized cookies out of it all.

Oh, the chocolate? Put 1 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave and heat for 1 min. Stir. Put back in microwave for another 1 min to finish melting chips. Stir. Add to cooled cookies. You can drizzle, dip or frost - whatever works for you. I dipped half the cookies and "frosted" the other half. The kids had no preference as long as there was chocolate SOMEWHERE on the cookie. Then you can lick the bowl clean. You know it's the best part. Go on, I won't tell.