Cookie Wednesday: Pudding Cookies

If you follow the blog it should come as no surprise that my favorite cookie is a chocolate chip cookie. I've made so many varieties of this cookie classic and I find it hard to resist trying out a new recipe. I came across this recipe on Nestle's website and was intrigued by the addition of pudding mix. The cookie was really, really good. I went with vanilla pudding mix and the cookie had an unmistakable vanilla flavor. I find that chocolate chip cookies usually have more of a brown sugar/butterscotch flavor but not these cookies. They are also the chewiest chocolate chip cookies I have ever had. They reminded me a lot of Entemmann's chocolate chip cookies.

Pudding Chip Cookies
Source: Nestle Toll House (here)
Yields approximately 30 cookies

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 pkg. (4 serving size) instant vanilla, butterscotch or chocolate pudding mix
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1 large egg white
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Nestle semi-sweet chocolate mini morsels

PREHEAT oven to 350° F.

COMBINE flour and pudding mix in small bowl. Beat butter in large mixing bowl on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Beat in brown sugar and baking soda until well combined. Beat in egg and egg white. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop dough by rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool on baking sheets 2 to 3 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.