Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sticks softened unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 box vanilla instant pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips**
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds***
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
**I recommend semi-sweet, but use whatever kind you like!
***If you can't get chopped, slivered also works.
The tools:
- An oven
- A large baking pan
- Parchment paper
- 2 large mixing bowls
- A wire whisk
- An electric mixer (either a hand mixer or a standing mixer)
- A rubber spatula
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Oven mitts
- A wire cooling rack
How to make it:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line the baking pan with the parchment paper.
- Place the flour, baking soda, and salt into one of the bowls. Whisk it together until well mixed.
- In the other bowl, use your mixer to cream the butter and sugar together. Once combined, Add the pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla, and continue creaming until well mixed.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing continually. Once it's all been combined, turn off the mixer and fold in the chocolate chips and nuts with the rubber spatula.
- (The original recipe said to measure out the dough into "two tablespoon" portions, and then roll them into balls. I don't really recommend this, since they turn into big mound-like cookies that take forever to bake. It also doesn't match the pictures they showed...it works way better if you measure it into a tablespoonful.) Measure out the dough, rolling it into balls and placing it on the baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. You want them to be just set on the top. Pull them out, and turn the broiler on. While it's heating, place the marshmallows on top of the cookies--you might have to push them down slightly. You can also top with more nuts if you like.
- Place the cookies under the broiler and let them broil for about 30 seconds. Watch these carefully! You want them to turn slightly golden brown, so pull them out the instant that happens.
- Cool the cookies on the sheet for about 5 minutes before placing onto the wire cooling rack.
