Good morning!! Sorry for the lack of postage last night. I was busy drinking this to make packing more fun (works every time):
And making these!
These are Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies, which are every bit as amazing as they sound! They’re my grandma’s recipe, and nobody makes a meaner chocolate chip cookie than a grandma. You know?
The recipe is actually from this cookbook:
My grandpa died of cancer when I was in high school, and all of the recipes in this book are from my family members, with all of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. It’s a lovely book that I use over and over again. 🙂
The secret ingredient in these yummy little cookies is vanilla pudding, which gives them a perfect consistency and an unbelievable sweet taste. Behold said secret ingredient:
To make Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies:
Ingredients:
—2 1/4 cups flour
—1 tsp. baking soda
—1/2 cup margarine
—1/2 cup shortening
—1/4 cup granulate sugar
—3/4 cup light brown sugar
—1 package instant vanilla pudding (I used French Vanilla)
—1 tsp vanilla
—2 eggs
–12 oz chocolate chips (I used peanut butter/choco chip swirl because I felt like it :))
—1 cup chopped nuts
Mix flour with baking soda in medium bowl. Combine margarine, shortening, sugars, pudding mix and vanilla in a larger mixing bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour, then stir in chips and nuts. Batter will be stiff. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen.
The batter! Mmmm.
The truly amazing vanilla my mom brought me from her trip to Mexico (cooking ingredients from Mexico! This made me REALLy excited; I’m a dork):
I mixed all the ingredients together and baked!
This little guy was apparently not a very smart cookie (heh, heh), because he completely lost his way to the cooling rack and jumped in my tummy instead:
I may or may not have had multiple mouthfuls of raw dough as well. If you don’t eat the dough, what’s the point of making cookies? 🙂
These cookies are SO good! I make them often, hence the mix-in of the peanut butter/chocolate swirl chips for a new twist:
I brought a container of the cookies into work today, which I will probably snack on all morning. And all afternoon. And perhaps this evening.
Speaking of snacking, last night I came home from working out (I just ran a little over 2 miles) and immediately munched on veggies and hummus, so dinner was fairly light:
A baked swiss + cheddar + marinara sandwich on sprouted rye bread.
Preassembly:
Dessert was, obviously, copious amounts of cookie dough + cookies.
Breakfast this morning was one of my fave Friday breakfasts (meaning I didn’t make it—these awesome peeps did!):
I have a teeny weeny obsession with Einstein’s. Their coffee, their bagels, their pizza bagels—I could eat it every day (I don’t). My favorite is this:
A Good Grains bagel with reduced fat cream cheese. Not the healthiest of breakfasts, but not as bad as, say, McDonald’s (sorry, Mickey D’s—you know I speak the truth). Mmmm, bagels.
Now that I’m hungry again from looking at all of these food pics, I’ll switch topics to…Fun Fashion Friday!
Another column that made its my way to my blog last week. Since shopping occupies an embarrassing chunk of my weekend hours, I figured some of you would probably be interested too!
So here’s some of my fave links this week for your perusing pleasure!
1. Shopittome.com—this website it awesome! For those of us who have a fairly strict budget (me! me!) it’s perfect because all you do is sign up, and they send you alerts when clothes, accessories, etc go on sale. Everything from Juicy to Free People to Victoria’s Secret—they have a HUGE range of stores! You can even sign up with your size for more specific results.
2. The Sartoialist—my friend passed this along to me, and it’s so great! This website is basically for inspiration when you’re in a fashion rut—this guy just started randomly photographing people on the streets of NYC (where else?) that he thought looked fabulous. So you can totally steal their ideas, and no one will ever know, unless they read the website. Eh, it’s a chance I’m willing to take.
3. Glamour.com—my favorite magazine returns to the blog! Their fashion section is ridiculously fun. Take, for example, this article, which explains how a women can burn up to 48,000 calories a year shopping. Seriously, can find a better excuse for retail therapy? I think not. 🙂
Hope these provide some inspiration for the fiscally challenged (such as myself). Happy shopping, and have a great Friday!
My aunt used to make chocolate chips with pudding in them, and they were so good. I have never tried. I need to!
Can I just say, I love those peanut butter swirl chips. I started adding those to peanut butter cookies. I love getting my shopittome emails! My husband even signed up and found some shoes for cheap. He’s a shopper at heart 😉
i love shopittome! great tip girl 🙂
also, i wouldn’t mind a cookie right about now 🙂
What gorgeous chocolate chip cookies, and what a lovely way of raising funds–very sweet cookbook.
I agree with you on the packing aid! I’ve moved about 25 times in my life and you definitely need a bit of that kryptonite to keep yourself going 🙂
Good luck with the move!
Hi Casey- those cookies look fantastic! What a great cookbook- I love that your family chose to honor your grandfather that way. Happy weekend!
Thank you for this cookie recipe! I can never find one that is GREAT, they are just GOOD. I usually use the one on the bag of the chocolate chips. I’m going to try this one!
bah all of your eats loook amazing!! love the bagel 🙂 & the recipe sounds good..you have me craving cookie dough haa
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
Those cookies look sooo good!!! mmmmmmm
Those cookies look great!
Love Fashion Friday and I just discovered the Sartorialist. Where have I been?
I suddenly have the urge to bake cookies tonight!
A few things:
A of all: I love vanilla from Mexico. I just can’t be beat!
B of all: I also love Einstein’s Bagels and also had it for breakfast. Be their friend on FB and you can get a free bagel and shmear! Plus, they have other deals, too. I’m also obsessed with their “Autumn Roast” coffee. I could literally suck down 5 cups of that a day. I’m bummed that it’s out of season because it is truly my fave coffee ever.
Keep blogging! This is great. You make me look like a blog slacker!
Ok…that’s awesome! Friending them now. hehe.
haha I think I just have a lot of time on my hands!
I LOVE Einstein bagels. Oh you are making my tummy growl! 😛
HOLY YUM! Those cookies look INSANE! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Also, check out ruelala.com for GREAT shopping deals… you have to sign up, but whatev, it’s awesome!
WOW those cookies look great!
i love einstein..we have one here on campus and i get it once in a while when i need a treat!
I am definitely trying those cookies! My grandma makes the most amazing cookies, too. Hopefully, by the time I’m a grandma (I got pllllenty of time), I will have perfected the baking thing.
I totally agree with you, Casey, on raw cookie dough. Is there really any point in baking cookies without eating some of the raw dough….NO WAY!!! haha! They look awesome! 🙂
Oh I always drink wine when I’m packing too!
Those cookies are so pretty! There’s one type of cookie that my grandmother always made, and they were not chocolate chip. 😉
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Those cookies look good!
I WISH I could go shopping on the weekends. First of all, my boyfriend refuses to take me to any of the good places (I cant drive downtown by myself, I get lost) and second, Im poor. lol
My BF won’t go with me either!! He HATES shopping. It’s quite depressing. Haha.
I spend far too much time online window shopping…
I love einsteins bagels… only had them once or twice when i visitng a friend in Hot-lanta. good times! Actually happens to be the place where i had grits for the first time (((waffle house)))
Cookie dough doesnt last long in my kitchen.. its my kryptonite!
Wine! I have a bottle at home dying to be opened… its friday night- might be a good night for vino and a chick flick!
Yum! It all looks great!
Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving such a sweet comment!!
I love Einsteins! I am so addicted to power bagels with peanut butter – breakfast of champions!
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
These cookies looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe! I’m totally gonna make them now 🙂
Nothing beats the smell of homemade cookies!! YUM 🙂
When I was in college I ate at Einsteins every day.. great bagels!
OMG pudding cookies sound so good! I would never think to throw some pudding in a cookie mix btu it sounds decadent and delicious!
thank you for those websites, i will be web surfing this afternoon for sure 😉 mmm PIZZA BAGELS!!!
Those cookies look so yummy! I love the idea of pudding cookies 🙂 The Einstein’s bagel looks delicious, too.
cookies AND pudding????
yay!
Ahh I want to shop! Thanks for the links!
Ow! The cookies look awesome. I love the idea of adding the pudding mix. Great sammy too- I love marinara on pretty much any savory dinner 🙂 Hope you have a very fabulous weekend
First off, those cookies look divine! Secondly, have you NOT found Rue La La yet???
I’m so glad you stopped by my blog because now I’ve found yours and love it! Your “about me” section is absolutely hilarious:)
Packaged pudding is such a useful ingredient in many things. I love mixing Jello vanilla pudding with pumpkin, SO good!
Wow, this Sartoialist blog is amazing, wonderful photography and ideas. Thank you for sharing! -Katie
thank you for your comment on my little blog – yours is FABULOUS – i LOVE it! i can’t wait to read on so i can find out what boyfriends are good for – i’m really trying to find a good use for mine at the moment! 😉
Einstein’s bagels are the best. Their egg sandwiches rock my world.
Also the swiss, cheddar, marinara sandwich looks great. I’m going to have to test that out.
Those cookies look and sound incredible!
❤ jess
I love cookie dough. When that news piece came out last year of the girl who got salmonella from raw dough.. yeah that didn’t stop me!! It is afterall the best part of baking 😉
And that is so aweome that you have a cookbook full of family recipes. That will be a great thing to hold onto as the years pass.. and making oodles of chocolate pudding cookies!
Those cookies look so good! I love how your family used a cookbook do help others. Makes the cookies even better 🙂
Good luck moving!!
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