Milk and Cookies

Simple. Just the way I like it. Normally, if I want chocolate chip cookies, it’s due to an immediate craving for chocolate. Resulting in the purchase and preparation of a package of break and bake chocolate chip cookies. That’s right I don’t even bother with the cookie dough log anymore … too much trouble. It’s the pre-cut kind for me so I don’t have to waste any extra time.

But, then I realized I’ve never made basic chocolate chip cookies from scratch for the site before. So this obviously had to be corrected… right away. That’s one thing I love about this site. Gives me lots of excuses to bake sweet stuff.

Yum!

Anyone want to stop here and get a spoon?

No. No. We must have chips. And lots of them.

Use an ice cream scoop and you can get your cookies to come out the same size when they bake.

When they’re done, let them cool slightly before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Whoops… dropped one. Okay, so it was more like ten.

What to do? What to do? Why eat them right off the tray while they’re still warm and gooey and melty, of course. Continue until you are sick. It’s the best way.

Whatever is left after everyone's craving is satisfied, you can store for an hour later when you finish off the rest with a tall glass of milk.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour

1 TSP. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 C. granulated sugar

3/4 C. packed brown sugar

1 3.4 oz. box of vanilla instant pudding

3 TSP. vanilla extract

2 large egss

1 3/4 C. chocolate chip morsels

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, sift & mix flour, half the package of instant pudding, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk and set aside.
• With a mixer, beat butter and both sugars until well blended.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Add flour mixture in two additions until combined.
• Add the rest of your instant pudding.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Use a mini ice cream scoop to drop cookie dough on a parchment covered cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Makes about ??. (We all ate too many before I counted. But a couple dozen for sure.)

But if that’s too plain for you, then have a little more fun with them and switch out the chocolate chips with m&m's, or mint morsels. Or if you're really in an "I don't care about my waist line" mood you can make chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches.

Enjoy!