Thursday, June 14, 2007

Recipe Thursday


This weeks recipe comes from ""Our Favorite Desserts" Favorites From Home Economics Teachers. The copyright in the book is 1967.
I had alot of things I needed (wanted) to do last night so I decided to make a quick snack for DH and Yngwie when they came back from running their errands. So I chose Shoestring Potato Cookies. This is a super simple recipe and requires no baking which is perfect for hot summer evenings.

Shoeestring Potato Cookies:

2- 6oz. pkgs of butterscotch chips
3-tbls of peanut butter
1- 4oz. can of shoestring potatos (These are potato sticks found in the potato chip aisle)
1 cup chopped nuts (I didn't use any nuts, I used more potato sticks)










Melt butterscotch and peanut butter. Pour over shoestring potatoes and nuts. Stir gently.Drop onto waxed paper on a cookies sheet by tablespoons. Put in freezer to set. Remove from freezer as soon as firm.
How easy is that?? They are very much like "haystacks" that are made with the chinese noodles but with the potato sticks you get that salty/sweet thing going on that I love.
So thank you Mrs. Rowena Ballew of Richland High School in Fort Worth Texas for sharing your delicious recipe.
Have a blessed day everyone!
Linda


15 comments:

Trella said...

I have never seen this before, looks neat. Thanks for sharing.

Lana G! said...

I'm linking your post to the Dessert Roundup I participated in today. These look delicious!

Lana G!
http://airmiles.wordpress.com/

ellen b. said...

I'm so glad Lana linked you to the recipe round-up. This recipe looks great.
ellen b from
http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/

Kim from Hiraeth said...

I love salty and sweet, too.

These look easy and delicious!

Anonymous said...

I've never tried these with potatoes!! I've used chinese noodles. These sound really yummy!

LBP said...

Thanks for hooking me up with the Dessert Roundup! How cool is that!

Violet N. said...

Very interesting, lbp. Definitely looks like a recipe one should have in one's bag of tricks!

SimplyAmusingDesigns.com said...

I make these with the chinese noodles as you described and it's one of my family's favorite treats - I'll have to try this version soon! The mixture of sweet and salty sounds yummy.

Carole Burant said...

Oh yum, they sure do look good and you're right, I at first thought they were those haystacks made with the chinese noodles! I'll have to try these...next time I go buy the groceries I'll pick up some of those shoestrings!! xox

dot said...

Thanks for the recipe. I love haystacks so I'm sure I would like these also.

Mary said...

Thanks for stopping by my gardening blog, and for your kind comment! Your blog makes me hungry! :-)

Kelli said...

YUM! Those look delicious!!

Kelli

Amy said...

I've never heard of those - they sound very unusual :-)

Jenn4Him said...

Oh sweet and salty! Say no more! I really mean, no more! I am trying to go on a diet! (They look awesome)

Lori said...

These look yummy. I'm going to have to try this.