Soft Chocolate Pudding Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.75 cups shortening , such as Crisco®
• 0.75 cups brown sugar
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix , 3.9 ounce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.75 teaspoons baking soda
• 1.5 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. 2

   Combine shortening, sugars, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat in eggs. Whip mixture until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Combine flour, pudding mix, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Pour over the shortening mixture and beat until well blended. Fold in chocolate chips.

4. 4

   Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing them 3 inches apart.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven, 1 cookie sheet at a time, until edges are set, 11 to 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining cookie sheets. Cool each batch for 5 minutes before moving cookies onto a cooling rack.