Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everybody wants this recipe for chocolate chip cookies when I bring them anywhere to share. They are even award-winning. My daughter, Tegan, made them for a cookie baking contest and won a red ribbon! You can use any flavor pudding you like for this recipe.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 177 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups chopped walnuts (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift together flour and baking soda in a medium bowl, set aside.

Step 3

Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla.

Step 4

Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Step 5

Add flour mixture to the butter mixture until it's well incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.

Step 6

Bake in batches in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, switching racks halfway through.