Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies. (Secret Ingredient Revealed!)

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Recipe and directions on making yourself a legendary chocolate chip cookie maker...

Hi, my name is Carrie. I have worked for years in a hospital lab. Our break room is a free-for-all. Any time there is any food brought in there, we descend like vultures! By now, we all have our little specialty items that we are known for, but one treat was legendary. Marti's chocolate chip cookies! She teased us all for many years about her secret ingredient. No one ever did figure it out! Finally, though, I think Marti got sick of being the go-to person for chocolate chip cookies. One day out of the blue, she came in with the recipe! Oh The Joy! And now YOU get to benefit. I must warn you, though. These cookies are not for amateur cookie eaters. These are solid, hearty cookies. Also, don't serve these unless you are prepared to be hounded for more. Seriously- it happened to me!

The Recipe...

Remember- proceed with caution. It's not easy being a legend!!!

Before you start baking, do you have an oven thermometer? I don't bake anything without one. No two ovens heat the same, but a thermometer will tell you exactly where you're at!

O.K. ready for the secret ingredient?
INSTANT PUDDING!!!!!!

Doesn't sound like much, but after you try them, you'll be a believer!

Here we go:
(I'm giving you the original recipe, but I usually make a half batch.)


THE RECIPE
4 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups butter, soft
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 packages (4 serve each) instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
2 packages (12 oz each) chocolate chips

Preheat oven to EXACTLY 375*

Mix flour and baking soda. In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugars, vanilla, and dry pudding. Mix with blender until smooth. Beat in eggs. gradually add flour/soda mixture. Add chocolate chips.

Bake for 12-15 minutes, depending on size of cookies. Do not overbake! Cookies will appear slightly raw in the middle. Remove hot cookies from cookie sheet with spatula immediately, cool on a layer of paper towels on counter.

Once you get the basic recipe down, feel free to experiment. Use different flavors of pudding. I've used lemon pudding with white chips. Chocolate pudding with mint chips. Add nuts or crushed candy canes, whatever sounds good to you!

Good luck!

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Please let me know how they were!

  • miaponzo Jul 18, 2011 @ 4:09 am | delete
    Wow! I would never have thought about that!!!! I'm going to try this delish sounding chocolate chip cookie recipe!
  • blanckj Jun 1, 2011 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Instant pudding cookies. Hmmm...never thought of that. Thanks for sharing.
  • Chinajoy Dec 18, 2010 @ 9:09 am | delete
    Pudding is great in cakes, but I never would have thought of trying it in cookies.
  • jgelien Nov 14, 2009 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    Pudding! I would never have thought to put that in. It sounds fabulous. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Can't wait to try it.
  • carrieokier Sep 1, 2009 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    add the dry mix in when you are blending your butter![in reply to littlebaker]
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