Bready or Not: Chocolate Chip Pecan Pumpkin Pudding Cookies
These chewy cookies are perfect for autumn or all year round. Jell-O Pumpkin Spice Pudding Mix is a seasonal favorite at Walmart; you can also find it on Amazon for an inflated price. This pudding mix adds a delicate pumpkin spice flavor to these cookies, along with a seasonally-appropriate orange tint. Store the cookies in a sealed container and they'll keep for up to a week.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: chocolate, cookies, Halloween, pumpkin
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
2 1/4cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
1cupunsalted butter2 sticks, room temperature
3/4cupbrown sugarpacked
1/4cupwhite sugar
3.4ozJell-O Instant Pumpkin Spice Pudding1 box
2eggsroom temperature
1tspvanilla extract
1/2cuppecanschopped
1cupmilk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and both sugars. Beat in pudding mix until blended, followed by the eggs and vanilla extract.
Add the flour mixture. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips until just combined.
Using a cookie dough scooper, place dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 -10 minutes. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before moving to a cooking rack. Store in air-tight container. Makes two dozen.