Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 72
Yield: 72 servings

Description

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

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 (3 2/5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnuts

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Sift together flour and baking soda in a medium bowl, set aside.
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.
4 Add flour mixture to the butter mixture until it's well incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
5 Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
6 Bake in batches in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, switching racks halfway through.