Banana Pudding Cookies

I found this really great recipe for Banana Pudding Cookies and thought I would give them a try. There are all kinds of recipes for pudding cookies. The sky is the limit on the different combos you might like to try. Just use this basic cookie recipe and then change the flavor of the pudding and the chocolate chips to whatever flavor you think would be good. Next I think I will try Butterscotch pudding, a combination of butterscotch chips and chocolate chips and crushed pretzels. I saw that recipe and thought that looked good...or chocolate pudding and crushed Oreo's...

Anyway, the recipe says to use room temperature butter and eggs. I let my butter sit out on the counter for several hours and it was still hard so I used the microwave to take the chill off.  This web site has some very helpful hints on how to bring the butter and eggs to room temperature.

http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/how-to-bring-butter-and-eggs-to-room-temperature/


Banana Pudding Cookies

 Yield: 3 dozen cookies

 Ingredients:

 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

 3/4 cup brown sugar

 1/4 cup granulated sugar

 1 (3.4 oz) package banana cream instant pudding mix

 2 large eggs

 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 2 1/2 cups all-purpose Gold Medal flour

 1 teaspoon baking soda

 1/2 teaspoon salt

 1 cup chopped vanilla wafer cookies

 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips

 Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat and set aside.

 2. Using a mixer, beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add in pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Stir in the vanilla wafer cookies and white chocolate chips.

 3. Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, or until slightly golden around the edges and set. Remove cookies from oven and let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/banana-pudding-cookies/

 

 

 

I thought my dough was VERY stiff. Next time I will soften the butter a little more.

I used my cookie scoop  and put the cookie dough on the cookie sheets and put the first batch in the oven. They didn't spread at all. So I took them out and mashed them down a little and baked them.

 

 The cookies TASTED delicious all though they didn't look like the picture that came with the recipe. I also made them smaller then was recommended so I got more than 3 dozen cookies out of the batch and had plenty to take to work and share.

 

Everyone that tried them said they were fantastic! One lady said she would pay me to make a batch for her to take home!! Yeah!