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Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, that goes without saying. However, there are good chocolate chip cookie recipes, and then there are great chocolate chip cookie recipes. The following recipe makes delicious chocolate chip cookies or I wouldn't be adding it to alltoprecipes. 'Nuff said. Get  out your mixing bowl...

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
   pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 350. Sift together flour and baking soda. Set aside.

In a large bowl: Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture and a pinch of salt. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto non-greased cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven.

Congo Bars

These cookie bars are the best ever. Just remember one of my very important instructions below ...the one that I've italicized for you. Don't even TRY to mix the flour, sugar and butter with your electric mixer. No. No. No. Say adios to the electric mixer if you do.

2 1/4    cups light brown sugar
2/3        cup shortening
4           eggs
2 3/4     cups all purpose flour
1 tsp     baking powder
1 cup    broken nuts (optional)
1 1/2    cups chocolate chips   

1. Cream sugar and melted butter.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
3. Stir flour into sugar and butter mixture, a little at a time. Note: Do not use electric mixer.
4. Add nuts and chocolate chips.
5. Bake in a greased pan for 12 to 15 minutes @ 350 degrees.
6. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
7. Cut into squares when cooled.

Midnight Bliss Cake

My sister-in-law always makes this cake for my son because it's his favorite dessert in the whole world! I'm thinking if you're a chocolate freak like my son, you're going to think you died and went to heaven with this recipe...

Really, you will -- it's to die for. :)

1 package chocolate cake mix
1 package 4 serving size Jell-o Chocolate Instant Pudding
1/2 cup General Foods International Swiss Mocha Coffee
4 eggs
8 oz sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
1 cup semi sweet baking chips (chocolate chips)

Lightly grease a bunt pan

Beat all ingredients (minus chips) for 2 minutes.

Stir in chocolate chips.

Bake 350 for 50 minutes to an hour.
Check with cake tester or toothpick.