Pudding Cookies and a Good Book

Y’all, I made these chocolate chip pudding cookies, and my soul was touched! To me, nothing beats a delicious, warm, gooey, chocolate chip cookie. They are a dessert for all seasons!

These cookies are not disappointing and easy to make. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, curled up on the couch reading “The Alice Network”. This isn’t a book review post or I would get into more details... but this book.. oh my heart. I finished it on Mother’s Day and it was the perfect ending to a wonderful day. It was actually a pre-ending (a word I just made up) because it really ended on the porch with my honey bear, smoking a cigar and sipping some crown apple.. why crown Apple? Because it was all we had in the house. There are many other “sippers” I would have preferred, but still, a most perfect pre-ending to the perfect ending to a wonderful day.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup salted butter (softened)

• 3/4 cup brown sugar

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1.5 teaspoon vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 2 1/3 cups flour

• 3.4 oz package instant vanilla pudding mix(add the dry mix)

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• A whole bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips..more or less to taste..

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. 

• Cream together the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Mix for about 1-2 minutes until smooth and fluffy. Add in vanilla and beat in one egg at a time.

• In a separate bowl, mix together flour, pudding mix, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Then slowly stir into the wet ingredients. Then stir in the chocolate chips.

• Scoop Out even size scoops and Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden brown. You want the center to look a little underdone. Let sit on pan for 2-5 minutes, and then remove to a cooling rack.

• Cozy up and enjoy!