Couch Potato Cookies Recipes

MABLE'S POTATO COOKIES

Steps:

• Boil unpeeled potato until soft. Let cool slightly then peel and mash.
• Stir in confectioners' sugar into the mashed potato and mix until stiff. On a piece of waxed paper or plastic wrap roll out potato mixture into 1/4 inch thick rectangle. Spread peanut butter over entire area (adjust thickness to suit taste). Roll up jellyroll-fashion wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for few hours. Cut into slices to serve.

POTATO COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix first 5 ingredients.
• 2. Add package of instant potato and package of biscuit mix.
• 3. Drop mixture by 1/2 teaspoon on cookie sheet. (I just eyeball it if I want larger cookies.)
• 4. Bake 300 degrees until golden, not dark brown, may be light brown around edges. About 15 minutes.

BUTTERY POTATO CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in potato chips and walnuts., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.,

COUCH POTATO COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and the sugar. Add flour gradually and stir well. Add vanilla, coconut, butter and lemon extract along with the crushed potato chips. Mix well. Fold in the pecans.
• Drop onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten with the palm of your hand. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake at 350 degrees F. for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

BROWN ANGEL ICED SWEET POTATO COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the cookies: In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and set aside. Whisk together, with an electric mixer, the butter and sugar. Add the egg, molasses, butter extract, sweet potato and orange zest. Carefully fold dry ingredients into butter-sugar mixture with a rubber spatula. Stir in the pecans, if using. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Decorate with cream cheese icing.
• For the cream cheese icing: In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, blend cream cheese, sugar, and butter on low speed until incorporated. Increase the speed to high, and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the maple or vanilla extract, and mix on high speed until incorporated. Pipe the cream cheese frosting on cookies in any desired pattern with a piping bag or a plastic baggie with a hole cut at the corner. You can also warm the frosting in a microwave for a few seconds until smooth and drizzle the frosting onto the cookies.

COUCH POTATOES

Steps:

• Cut each potato in half lengthwise but not all the way through, leaving potato attached at the bottom. Push potatoes open and fluff pulp with a fork. Place on a microwave-safe plate. Top each with the chili, onions, mushrooms, ham and cheese. Cover and microwave on high for 2 to 2-1/2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream if desired.

POTATO CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Stir vanilla extract into creamy mixture. Mix flour and crushed potato chips into the mixture until just incorporated. Fold chopped walnuts into the dough. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; press onto prepared baking sheets and flatten gently.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden around the edges, 10 to 13 minutes.

COUCH POTATOES

Steps:

• In 12X8 baking dish, arrange potato halves, cut side up, around edges of dish.
• Add 1 tablespoon water and cook, covered, on high, 8-10 minutes until tender, rotating dish halfway through cooking time; drain.
• Meanwhile, combine all remaining ingredients.
• Place this mixture on cut sides of potatoes and cook on high 1-2 minutes until cheese melts.