These gooey, chocolately, yummy cookies come from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone” cookbook.  This is the base recipe and then there are 5 variations which I plan on getting to some time in the future and when I do, I’ll be sure and post them.

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 (4 oz) package chocolate instant pudding mix (powder only)

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/4 cups flour

2 cups white chocolate chips (I didn’t have any white ones so I used a bag of white and semisweet swirled chips)

1  Cream together sugars and butter until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, vanilla and pudding mix.

2  In a separate bowl, mix together baking soda and flour.  Gently add to wet ingredients.  Fold in chocolate chips.

3  Use a small cookie scoop to drop dough onto lightly greased cookie sheets.  Bake at 350 for 8 – 10 minutes, until sides become golden.  Remove from oven and cool completely on wire rack.