MIL's Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies.

I love cookies. Chocolately, chewy, soft, warm delicious cookies.

At our wedding reception, Timothy and I decided to do a "cookie buffet."

Kinda like a candy buffet, but with cookies instead.

All homemade.

I emailed family and friends and asked them to share their favorite cookie recipe.

We had a table with 8 different types of homemade cookies.

Want to see?

They were a hit! Everyone loved them! It was well worth the work...baking, individually wrapping, and freezing about 900 cookies.

Anyways. The recipe I'm about to share is one that my mother-in-law has used for years. It's delicious.

Ingredients:

2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup softened butter
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (4 oz. serving) instant chocolate pudding
2 eggs
1 pkg. (12 oz.) chocolate chips (I used half a bag of mini chips)

Directions:

Combine butter, the sugars, vanilla and pudding mix in large
bowl. Beat until creamy.

Then beat in eggs.

Gradually add in flour, baking soda, and chocolate chips.

Um..I was so excited about these cookies, that I forgot to take pictures of every step...

Batter will be stiff.

Drop by teaspoonful, about 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheet

(I used parchment paper)

Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

(They might look slightly underdone when you pull them out, but they'll set perfectly.)

I got 28 cookies using my medium Pampered Chef cookie scoop.

A huge THANK YOU to my fabulous MIL for sharing this delicious recipe!

Something you should know...

For our wedding, I used vanilla pudding mix for these, cause we had a completely different cookie that sort of looked like this, and I wanted the table to have a variety. I love this recipe with both types of pudding. Using the vanilla pudding mix will produce a lighter colored, more classic looking chocolate chip cookie, but believe me when I say they taste AMAZING. Using the chocolate pudding mix, will produce a richer chocolate flavored chocolate chip cookie.

I recommend you try it with both!