My Grandma Alice was a pretty special lady. She taught me to sew when the ears were coming off of my velveteen rabbit. She started teaching me to crochet, but I was pretty well occupied by straight stitching an entire ball of yarn, so we never got around to the rest. She kept a Game Boy Color at her house for my cousins and I, giving me my first access to video games. She was gossipy and stubborn and a hell of a hard worker. And she loved me unconditionally. Like the Platonic Ideal of grandmotherly love. #GrandmaGoals
When a matriarch like that passes on, her descendants remember her with love, often in the kitchen. My aunt makes her gorgeous, pink, peppermint angel food cake. I make these cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 3 sticks softened butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 large boxes Jello Instant Vanilla Pudding mix
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- In one large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- In another large bowl, mix flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and chocolate chips.
- Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture until incorporated. You may need to knead with your hands towards the end.
- Form slightly lumpy dough balls on your cookie sheets. (As opposed to rolled into smooth balls, but that’s personal preference.)
- Bake at 350 degrees 10 minutes, letting sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack