Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was asked by a few friends to post this delicious cookie recipe from allrecipes.com. It's so yummy and makes a lot of dough. So you can make a few dozen now, refrigerate the rest, then bake more later. One of the things I've also done is put the dough in a Ziploc bag (the one with zipper closure) when I want to store it. Then when I'm ready to make more all I have to do is snip the bottom and squeeze the dough out (you might want to let the dough sit for a bit once out of the fridge so you can squeeze it). This is lots of fun to do with the kiddies.

INGREDIENTS

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups butter, softened
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

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
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.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.

PREP TIME - 15 Min

COOK TIME - 12 Min
READY IN - 1 Hr 40 Min
YIELDS - 6 dozen

Happy Baking!

By Any Other Name

Of all the beautiful flowers that God has created, my favorite are roses. Any rose, I love them all! Al would sometimes buy some "just cuz'" roses, just because. These are the most recent ones. Only God can make something this beautiful!


Now, I'm no photographer but I did try my hand at taking some artsy shots. Myra, what do you think? The pan-out inspiration was from you.