I am a dessert person. I absolutely have to have a dessert after my dinner, preferably a calorie rich, soft and savory dessert which brings on an extreme bout of guilt and shame because you know it goes against all the principles of clean eating that you admire to do to stay young and vivacious. You get it….I love sweets calorie rich coma inducing sweets.

One of my favorite flavors are light citrus combined with some sweet vanilla notes. This brings me to my sweet and savory Lemon Vanilla Potato Chip Sugar Cookies that are looking so adorable up there sitting on that plate. They have just the perfect combo of lemon, vanilla and crunch. The potato chips add some extra depth to the cookie.

Try it out and take your senses on a roller coaster ride…in your mouth!

COOKIE

1 ½ Cup All Purpose Flour

½ Teaspoon Baking soda

Zest of 1 Lemon

1 Cup Sugar

1 stick butter (½ Cup) Room Temperature

1 cup potato chips

1 Egg

½ Tablespoon Vanilla

½ Teaspoon Lemon extract

ICING

Confectioner Sugar

Lemon Juice

Vanilla

Pre-heat the oven to 350ᴼ. Sift/Mix together the flour, baking soda, and lemon zest. Set aside for now. Cream together sugar, butter, and potato chips. At this point your mixture should be sort of crumbly now add in your beaten egg. Add vanilla and lemon extract. Mix in flour and roll into balls. They will spread but not much. If you want a soft cookie keep in balls and put directly on cookie sheet as so. If you desire a harder cookie flatten out the cookie with the bottom of a cup before baking. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

To make icing…..

Start off with about ¼ confectioner sugar, squeeze the juice of lemon into bowl and use a whisk to create the consistency you like…add a dash of vanilla and drizzle on top of cookies.