Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
*SECRET INGREDIENT* 1 (3.4 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, pudding mix).
  

• In a different bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.

• Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract.

• Blend in the flour mixture.

• Finally, stir in the chocolate chips.

• Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.
  

I started to really enjoy baking and cooking during my sophomore year in
college. Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, so I have always been on
the prowl for that one recipe that I can keep and use forever. I know I
have found a good recipe when my older brother, Jake, actually likes it. I
first made these cookies a few years ago and ever since then he asks me to
make them whenever I am home from college for the weekend. Jake asked me
for the recipe this past Valentine's Day so he could make them for his
special someone (cute, right?). I helped him make the cookies so he could
impress this special girl. I snuck a picture of him in the act! I have a
funny feeling that he probably ate half of them before giving them to the
girl, but either way, making these cookies is something that has been
bringing us together for the past few years, even if I don't get to see
him that often.

Submitted by Rachael