Name: Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: 1 cup margarine; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups crushed potato chips; 6 oz butterscotch chips; 1 cup walnuts (chopped); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp baking soda

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Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies Recipe

Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies Recipe. These delicious cookies are quick and easy to make, and are ready in just 22 minutes. The salty and sweet combination is to die for!

Who doesn’t love the combination of salty and sweet? These cookies are the perfect balance of both. They’re also incredibly easy to make – only requiring a few simple ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry.

They are made with margarine, brown sugar, eggs, flour, crushed potato chips, butterscotch chips, walnuts, vanilla extract, and baking soda.

Butterscotch and potato chips might sound like an odd combination, but trust me – these cookies are delicious! The salty chips balance out the sweetness of the butterscotch chips perfectly.

So go ahead and give them a try – your taste buds will thank you!

Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies in a red bowl.

Potato chips in a brown and white bowl, with whole potatoes in the background. — Potato Chips

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Brown sugar, in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon in it. — Brown Sugar

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Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies

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Potato Chip Butterscotch Cookies Recipe. These delicious cookies are quick and easy to make, and are ready in just 22 minutes. The salty and sweet combination is to die for!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

Total Time 22

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups crushed potato chips
6 oz butterscotch chips
1 cup walnuts chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

Prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper.
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a mixing bowl using a hand mixer, or in a stand mixer, add margarine, brown sugar, and eggs. Cream together.
Add in flour, crushed potato chips, butterscotch chips, walnuts, vanilla extract, baking soda. Mix to combine.
On prepared baking sheet, drop by teaspoonfuls. Cookies will spread quite a bit, so leave space between.
Drop by teaspoons on parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
In preheated oven, bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown.
Transfer cookies to a cooling rack to fully cool.
Store in an air-tight container.