cookie jar: honey-butter potato chip cookies

Well this got completely out of hand.

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It started out innocently enough. My eye caught the words “Honey Butter Chips” for a Food52 article and OF COURSE I CLICKED. Turns out it was a post about the author’s passion for an insanely popular South Korean convenience store snack. He decided to use it as inspiration for his entry in a cookie competition, folding potato chips and honey into a shortbread dough, and topping the cookies with a honey-butter glaze (and more chips).

The pictures looked amazing. And as I read the article I could actually feel my pulse quicken, as seriously – what could be better than these cookies? But then – as I do – I also read the comments, which were just about evenly divided. Half declared these the best cookies ever, and the recipe a success. But the other half had problems ranging from a too-crumbly dough, to cookies that spread out way too much in the oven.

Now I consider myself a pretty skilled baker, and was confident that my experience would fall into the former category. But just to be sure, I did a little experiment. Though I froze the dough logs overnight, I only sliced and baked up one log. The other log I sliced and returned to the freezer for another 24 hours, so that each cookie would be frozen solid before baking.

Here’s a picture of both batches:

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No, your eyes are not deceiving you. The cookies came out exactly the same, despite the additional freeze of the second batch.

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Which would have been fine, had they come out the way I expected. But they didn’t. As you can see, they spread out a lot. Which is not what shortbread is supposed to do. And worse? They were soft, chewy and SUPER greasy, with no evidence of potato chips in the dough.

I REALLY should have walked away at this point. But I REALLY wanted to put honey-butter chips onto a cookie.

So I adapted a batch of my tried and true shortbread cookies and they came out perfectly.

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Now for the chips. The recipe called for dipping the cookies in a honey-butter glaze and then topping them with some crumbled chips – but I couldn’t imagine this tasting like the packaged chips he was describing. I wanted the chips coated in the glaze, and set about figuring out how to do it. The answer turned out to be pretty easy, as I had just made a batch of potato chip crack for Passover and simply tweaked the ingredients a little.

I had to work quickly to get the chips onto the cookies before they set, but I was super pleased with the results.

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As for the taste? Well, while each component (chips and cookies) was delicious, I can’t say that the combination was anything special – OR worth the effort. And then I found myself reading up on a restaurant that makes honey-butter chips in-house (!!!!) and serves them up with………………VANILLA ICE CREAM.

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Okay, NOW we’re talking. The cookie was now more like a pie crust, topped with a scoop of ice cream and those insanely delicious chips.

SO here’s what I suggest: you “could” make the recipe below. But you “should” just make the chips and serve them with big scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Let me know what you decide………..

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Honey Butter Potato Chip Cookies

12 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided and at room temperature (here’s how I store my butter!)
6 tablespoons sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon + 1/2 cup honey, divided
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
5 cups kettle-style potato chips, divided (I swear by Cape Cod brand)
2 tablespoons brown sugar

vanilla ice cream, for serving (NOT OPTIONAL)

Beat 8 tablespoons of the butter along with the sugar till light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides and add the egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of the honey. Beat again and scrape down the sides. Add the flour, cornstarch and salt and beat again. Add 1 cup of the potato chips and beat on low speed for a few seconds, till just combined.

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and roll into a log approximately 1 1/2″ in diameter. Wrap in plastic and freeze overnight.

Pre-heat the oven to 275 degrees; line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Slice the log into 1/4″ thick slices and place on your baking sheets. Bake for about 20 minutes, or till light golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.

Raise the oven temperature to 375 degrees; place the remaining 4 cups of potato chips on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Combine the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter, remaining 1/2 cup of honey and the brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook for 3 minutes. Pour evenly over the potato chips; bake for 6 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit till still warm but not too hot to handle. Use a spoon or your fingers to transfer small bunches to the tops of each cookie. Press gently to help adhere and let set completely.

Serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

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