Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

The best recipe for chocolate chip cookies, much-loved and even award-winning with a secret ingredient — instant pudding mix. Always a favorite.

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

Ingredients

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

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

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

Step 6

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