Potato Chip Cookies - A Tasty Memory

This weekend was one of our annual long distance driving trips to visit relatives. Having grown up at least 4 hours or more away from my closet relatives, I am used to these annual events and probably would not know what to do with my long weekends if we didn't go. Not derailed by the price of gas, we set off. Driving (or riding) gives you lots of time to reflect, so for Memorial Day it seems appropriate to share a recipe that brings up many memories in my life. Driving to visit my Grandparents when I was younger, I could always count on one thing. When we got there, there would be baked goods on the counter along with a bowl of a collection of home made cookies. There are many to choose from but the Potato Chip Cookies were ones I always remembered. They were different, with a mixture of both salty and sweet. Here is the recipe to continue your own tradition.

Potato Chip Cookies
1 Cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup crushed potato chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups flour

Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add crushed chips and nuts. Stir in flour. Form into small balls and place onto a cookie sheet. Press flat with the bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.