Pretzel and Potato Chip Cookies with Caramel Frosting

Name: Pretzel and Potato Chip Cookies with Caramel Frosting
Yield: Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients: 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), granulated sugar, plus 1/4 cup for rolling; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 ounces, potato chips, crushed (2/3 cup); 3/4 ounce, mini pretzels, crushed (1/4 cup); 1/2 cup packed (3 1/2 ounces), light brown sugar; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; Pinch, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup (4 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup, pecans, toasted and chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2014

Desserts or Baked Goods

Crushed chips in cookies is good. Crushed chips and pretzels in cookies is even better.

SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

Pretzel and Potato Chip Cookies with Caramel Frosting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We love the savory edge that these cookies get from the addition of both crushed potato chips and pretzels to the dough. A sweet, butterscotchy frosting is the perfect foil for the slightly salty cookies, and a sprinkling of chopped pecans ...

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