Chocolate Chip Cookies II

I know that Amber already posted her family's favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe so I thought I would post mine. These are the cookies that my family cannot get enough of and if my husband has had a bad day he knows these are waiting at home for him. They are easy to make, have a wonderful vanilla flavor and are just sweet enough to offset the semisweet or bittersweet chocolate perfectly.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 cup AP flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 3.4 ounce package of instant vanilla pudding mix

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups high quality semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips

1 cup walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350〫Cream butter until light in color. Add both sugars and mix until creamy. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla until just blended. Mix in flour and baking soda just until blended, do not over mix. Add chocolate chips (and walnuts) but hand. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until the edges are brown, center will not brown... if it does you overcooked. Serve warm or cool on wire rack.