Border Sugar Cookies Recipe
- 8 ounce Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) softened
- 1/2 c. Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. Minced pecans
- 1/2 c. Crushed potato chips
- 2 c. Unbleached all-purpose flour Sugar for dipping
- 4 ounce Semisweet chocolate optional
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Beat in the salt and vanilla.
- Then add in the pecans and potato chips and mix well.
- With a wooden spoon, stir in the flour just till it disappears.
- Roll the batter into balls about the size of a large walnut and place on the parchment-lined cookie sheet, allowing plenty of room for spreading.
- Coat the bottom of a heavy glass with butter and then dip in sugar.
- Press and twist to flatten each ball into a 3-inch circle.
- Bake 8 to 10 min or possibly till the edges turn lightly golden.
- Transfer to racks to cold.
- For an optional garnish, heat the chocolate in a bowl over a pot of simmering water.
- Let cold slightly.
- When cold sufficient to handle, dip your fingertips, or possibly the tines of a fork, in the chocolate and drizzle over the cookies.
- Chill to set.
- This recipe yields about 24 cookies.
butter, sugar, salt, vanilla, pecans, potato chips, flour sugar, chocolate optional
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/border-sugar-cookies-89113 (may not work)