Recipe - Chocolate Chip Cookies (Pudding Style)

2 One fourth cup Unsifted Unbleached Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup Butter Or Margarine,
Softened
One fourth cup Granulated Sugar
Three fourths cup Firmly Packed Light Brown
Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 pack (4 Serving Size) Vanilla
Flavor Instant Pudding
2 lg Eggs
12 ounce Chocolate Chips, 1 Package
1 cup Chopped Nuts, Optional

Yield: About 7 dozen

Mix the flour and baking soda together and set aside. Combine the butter,
the sugars, the vanilla, and pudding mix in a large mixer bowl then beat
until smooth and creamy. Beat in the eggs. Gradually add the flour mixture,
then stir in the chips and nuts. Batter will be stiff. Drop by rounded
measuring Teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto an ungreased baking
sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

NOTE: For double chocolate chip cookies, use a 4 serving size package of
Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix.

From Rich Harper 07/16/91

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