Meet the perfect homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Perfectly balanced between chewy and crispy with rich chocolate. Best of all it takes just 20 mintues to make.
Preheat oven to 375º Fahrenheit. Lightly grease a baking sheet with baking spray.
In a large bowl, beat brown sugar,white sugar, and vegetable shortening with an electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs and continue to beat until creamy.
Add instant vanilla pudding mix, baking soda, and flour, and beat until the dough becomes crumbly. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Use a cookie scoop and place the cookie balls on the baking sheet.
Use the flat side of a glass and gently push to lightly flatten the cookie ball. Turn the glass upside down and swirl the flattened cookie several times until it takes on a nice round shape.
OPTIONAL: Get fancy! Take an extra few chocolate chips and place them on top of each cookie.
Bake the cookies at 375º Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes. Transfer the warm cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Cookie Scoop
The size of the right cookie scoop will largely be determined by your preference. I like a large Chocolate Chip Cookie and use a medium cookie scoop (measuring 1 ½ tablespoon). But if you like smaller cookies, use a small cookie scoop (1 tablespoon). If you don't own a cookie scoop, don't worry. Use any tablespoon that you'd use for measuring. For a smaller cookie, level the cookie dough, and for a large cookie, heap the cookie dough.