Cookie Success Is Mine At Last!!!

I feel like I could do anything right now! Well, maybe not anything, because if that were the case I would be doing my homework diligently...but besides that one thing! I just successfully made a batch of cookies, and they are mighty tasty if I do say so myself! I have been on a quest (literally, it seems) for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe. Over the past week and a half, I have made about 5 different recipes of cookies...the dough was amazing! But alas, the cookies...not so much. I blame it on the electric ovens here at college, and the altitude...they just completely would spread out and burn a bit. It was a tragic loss of cooking ingredients. This recipe I share with you is the best I've come across so far - who knows what other cookie wonders I might find in the future! Please share if you have any!



Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 1/4 C flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 C butter, softened
3/4 C brown sugar
1/4 C sugar
1 package instant vanilla pudding (3.4 oz)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1-2 C chocolate chips


Cream butter, sugars, pudding mix, eggs and vanilla. Then add flour and baking soda. After all ingredients are combined, add desired amount of chocolate chips and voila! You have the dough! I roll the dough into thick 1 inch balls and place them on a greased pan. Put them in the oven at 325 (your oven may vary) for about 7-10 minutes, or until golden brown on the edges (I also put the remaining cookie dough in the fridge in between batches). Take the pan out of the oven, but let the cookies cool for a minute or two (they will be a bit puffy, but fall a bit after the cooling). Place on cooling rack. Done!!! Now, it's time for the best part: eating them! Hope they turn out well! I usually half the recipe - but being up here, I find it best to add 1 and 1/4 C of flour and they turn out spectacularly delicious and they keep their shape - they are thick, soft cookies! Mmm!