Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 4.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups butter , softened
• 1.5 cups packed brown sugar
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 2 packages instant vanilla pudding mix , 3.4 ounce
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups chopped walnuts , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Sift together flour and baking soda in a medium bowl, set aside.

3. 3

   Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla.

4. 4

   Add flour mixture to the butter mixture until it's well incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.

5. 5

   Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

6. 6

   Bake in batches in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, switching racks halfway through.