Chocolate Chip Cookies - Our Amish Grandmother (grossmummy)'s Re

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4-2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 ounces instant vanilla pudding
• 2 eggs
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and baking soda. set aside.
• 2 combine butter, sugars, vanilla and pudding mix in large mixing bowl.
• 3 beat until smooth and creamy.
• 4 beat in eggs.
• 5 gradually add flour mixture.
• 6 stir in chocolate chips.
• 7 drop by heaping teaspoons, about 2" apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. bake @ 375 for 7-9 minutes, or until barely lightly browned. (removing them while they still appear unbaked is the trick to having really soft/chewy/moist cookies, so experiment with it!)
• 8 cool on trays a few minutes before moving to cooling racks.