Ingredients for - Healthier Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. All-purpose flour 4 ½ cups
2. Baking soda 2 teaspoons
3. Butter, softened 1 cup
4. Unsweetened applesauce ½ cup
5. Packed brown sugar 1 ½ cups
6. White sugar ½ cup
7. Instant vanilla pudding mix 2 (3.4 ounce) packages
8. Eggs 4
9. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons
10. Semisweet chocolate chips 2 cups
11. Raisins 1 cup
12. Chopped walnuts (Optional) 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Healthier Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together flour and baking soda.

2 . Stage

Beat butter, applesauce, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Mix in instant pudding until well blended. Stir in eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract. Blend flour mixture into butter mixture until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

3 . Stage

Bake in preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.