It may seem like I took the easy road for my Favorite Christmas Cookie and chose Chocolate Chip Cookies, but these are absolutely the best chocolate chip cookies you will ever make. For real. My mom makes TONS of cookies every Christmas and last year was the first time she made these. I ate these for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
They have a special ingredient of instant vanilla pudding and it adds something amazing to the cookie dough. They're super easy and the original recipe makes 72 cookies, so they're perfect if you want to send some to family and still get to keep some for yourself. :)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Source: My cousin, Suzy. (Not sure of the original source)
4 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups softened butter (4 sticks)
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 (3.4 oz) packages instant vanilla pudding - You can use whatever flavor you like
4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnuts (optional - I leave them out)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour and baking soda. Set aside. In large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts (if using). Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until edges are golden brown.
Yields: 72 cookies, but can easily be halved
4 comments:
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite too!
Yummm!!! I've never had a kind that you add vanilla pudding to!
I just made these- they are GREAT! Thank you for posting the recipe! :)
Hi Page!
I was thinking of making these for my husband tonight and I have a (probably dumb) question - do you actually make the pudding before adding it, or just mix in the powder straight from the box? I'm assuming it's the powder, but leave it up to me to do it wrong :)
Thanks!
Rachel
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