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"The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it."--Mario Batali

Pecan Crunch Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 c. butter or oleo
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. crushed potato chips
1/2 c. chopped pecans (hickory nuts would be good)
2 scant c. flour
Directions:
Directions:
Cream together butter, sugar & vanilla. Add crushed potato chips & nuts. Stir in flour. Form into small balls, about 1 T. of dough for each. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press balls flat with bottom of tumbler dipped in sugar. Bake in 350º oven for 16-17 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
3 /12 dozen cookies
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Post script from Grandma "I crush the potato chips between 2 sheets of waxed paper with rolling pin real fine. Then if you don't add that much flour - you can make little mounds of about 1 tsp. of dough- which is easier than rolling into balls. I have been experimenting".

 

 

 

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