Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies by Stephenie Moyer

1 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 box (3 1/2 ounces) instant vanilla pudding
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream shortening, sugar, and brown sugar together. Stir in vanilla pudding. Beat eggs lightly and stir them into pudding mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir into pudding mixture. Blend well and fold in chocolate morsels. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Option: substitute chocolate pudding for vanilla pudding.