The wife decided to give a plate of cookies to some friends for a token of Christmas sharing. So, I was charged to produce a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies and maybe tomorrow some thumb print cookies to go with this. In any event, I had another chance to use my new Kitchen Aid mixer and to give it a work out. Here's my Mom's recipe from my memory. Just to let you know, these are soft cookies and not hard like rock chocolate chip cookies.
INGREDIENTS:
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups butter, softened - 4 sticks
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla
pudding mix
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.
Cookie Batter all mixed.
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Batch in the oven.
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Another batch.
Another batch ready to go in the oven. Only have one cookie sheet at present. One coming tomorrow, so I used a pizza pan as well. Adapt, improvise, overcome!
Cookies waiting for the wife to do her package thing and make everything look festive and in the spirit of Christmas.
This recipe makes between 4 and 5 dozen. Tastes real good. I had to try one. But, that's got to be it.
Merry ChristmasEd